The supreme court has upheld the
convictions of former rightist NAR militant and ex-gangster
Massimo Carminati and well-connected political operator
Salvatore Buzzi for being the ringleaders of the massive
political-business racketeering case in the Italian capital
dubbed 'Mondo di Mezzo ('Middle World').
As a result Carminati's 10-year jail sentence and Buzzi's term
of 12 years, 10 months have become definitive.
The case was initially dubbed 'Mafia Capitale' because
prosecutors said the affair, in which a gang got its hands on
city contracts worth millions, ranging from the running of Roma
and migrant camps to waste management and maintaining green
areas, regarded organized crime.
But the supreme Cassation Court quashed mafia convictions in
2019 and ordered an appeals court to reset jail terms in the
case.
Buzzi was taken to prison by Carabinieri police in Calabria late
on Thursday.
Carminati, on the other hand, remains free for the moment as he
may not have to return to prison, due to the periods he has
already served in relation to the case and time off for good
conduct.
If that takes the remaining sentence below four years, a Rome
court may allow him to serve the rest via social-service work.
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