An Italian tribunal has convicted 207 people and sentenced them to a combined 2,100 years in prison on charges related to their membership in Italy’s ’ndrangheta organized crime syndicate Source: Verdicts are expected in Italy’s maxi-trial involving the ‘ndrangheta crime syndicate Category: International
By Nick Squires Politicians, businessmen and a former member of the Italian secret services were also convicted, after prosecutors asked for prison sentences totalling 4744 years. Source: Politicians, police among 200 jailed in Italy’s biggest mafia trial in 30 years Category: World / Europe
The government has hailed the new law, which came as a farmers’ group scuffled with two MPs. Source: Italy bans lab-grown meat in nod to farmers