The Court of Cassation, accepting the appeal presented by the lawyers Tony Sgromo and Antonio Lomonaco, annulled with postponement some of the accusations that had led, in recent months, to the arrest of Pietro Procopio in the criminal proceedings called “Clean Money”, ordering a new trial before the Court of Catanzaro. The charges annulled concerned an alleged episode of usury and a subsequent attempt at extortion, both aggravated by the hypothesis of a mafia method.
According to the prosecution, the events took place between 2005 and 2011 in Catanzaro, as part of economic relationships with a local entrepreneur. The Supreme Court recognized the validity of the defense objections, reducing the accusatory framework and ordering that the two episodes be examined again on the merits by the referring judge. At present, however, the objection referred to in the art. 416 bis, with which the Prosecutor’s Office attributes to Pietro Procopio a management role within the territorial structure of the ‘ndrangheta called the Gagliano clan, operating in the northern area of the city of Catanzaro.
