Nine acquittals and one condemnation. He did not hold the accusatory scaffolding in the process before the collegial court of Vibo Valentia against the defendants involved in an investigation by the carabinieri of the Vibo investigative nucleus and the local finance guard who aimed to shed light on various extortion episodes – aggravated by the mafia methods – committed in Vibo Valentia between 2009 and 2022.
Only one sentenced – Michele Mancuso, 37 years old, from Vibo Valentia – to the sentence of years and 3 months (for him the DDA of Catanzaro had asked for a sentence of 21 years). All the other defendants of Vibo Valentia acquitted: Domenico Macrì, Domenico Camillò, Andrea Mantella, Salvatore Mantella, Vincenzo Mantella, Francesco Antonio Pardea, Salvatore Morelli, Andrea Ruffa, Domenico Serra.
The anti -mafia operation had also made use of the contribution of the collaborators of justice Andrea Mantella And Bartolomeo Arena And he aimed to offer a cross -section on the control exercised by organized crime in the waste collection sector in the municipality of Vibo Valentia with extortion to the companies in charge of the collection, as well as extortion against construction companies, the construction of the new hospital and urban redevelopment.