The Cassation overturns the sentence on the Middle World: "It was not mafia"

The sixth criminal section had examined the position of 32 defendants, of whom 17 were condemned by the Rome Court of Appeal last year, in various capacities for the mafia (for association with mafia-style criminals, or with the aggravating mafia or , again, for external competition). The accusation, moved by the Rome prosecutor's office, revolved around the establishment of a "new" mafia, with offshoots in the capital procurement world.

The first instance sentence did not recognize the crimes of the mafia but the presence of two distinct "simple" associations, that of Buzzi and that of Carminati. There will be a new appeal process, only for some crimes. There are defendants for whom the penalty will have to be recalculated Luca Gramazio, former PDL group leader in the Lazio Region, e Franco Panzironi, ex ad dell'Ama. Moreover, regarding Buzzi, the Cassation has it acquitted of two of the disputed charges, of auction disruption and corruption, while for Carminati an accusation of fictitious heading of goods also falls. As a result of the redevelopment of the crime of mafia association in simple criminal association, the Cassation has also canceled some compensation towards the civil parties, including anti-mafia associations.

Defense Carminati: "Satisfied by the citizen" – "I am very satisfied as a lawyer and citizen". Thus the defender of Massimo Carminati, Cesare Placanica after the sentence of the Cassation which annulled the accusations of Mafia without delay and ordered a new trial as a 'simple' association. "The Cassation Court has said that there is no mafia in Rome," added lawyer Placanica. To those who asked him if this sentence was a victory for Carminati, Placanica replied: "Reducing the processes to victories and defeats is something that is not good because it gives an improper charge to the processes that are done to determine whether one is guilty or innocent ". On the presence of some politicians at the Palazzaccio (the mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, and Nicola Morra, president of the parliamentary anti-mafia commission) the lawyer said "Social defense stops at the gates of the trial, which is why it seems a meaningless fact that a political comes to the process. The process is a delicate thing where it is established whether one has committed a crime or not. Introducing social defense in the process brings distortions ".

Rays: confirmed criminal association – "This sentence still confirms the criminal association. A very dark page of the history of this city has been written. We work together with the Romans to rise from the rubble that they left us, following a path of legality and rights. One thing I want to say to the citizens honest: let's go ahead with our heads held high ". The mayor of Rome, Virginia Raggi, said this after the Cassation sentence.

Difesa Buzzi: "In Rome the rotten system is not mafia" – "Buzzi had admitted to me some of the objections on my advice. In Rome there was a rotten and corrupt system and the first instance judgment recognized it. The prosecutor's office tried to support the mafia. The Cassation said what we supported from the beginning". Thus said lawyer Alessandro Diddi, defender of Salvatore Buzzi.