Three defendants will be judged with the abbreviated procedure, for all the others the trial will begin on October 16th before the collegiate court of Catanzaro. Thus ends the preliminary hearing arising from the Scirocco investigation with which the Catanzaro DDA allegedly struck a real criminal association that for years would have illegally managed a good part of the purification in Calabria. Yesterday the preliminary hearing judge Arianna Roccia sent for trial David Bartucca resident of Philadelphia; Joseph Bongarzone of Amarone; Pasqualino Calabrese, of Belvedere Marittimo; Ion Ciobanu, resident in Settingiano; Joseph Dardano of Saint Florus; Paul of Stioof Belvedere Marittimo; Giuseppe Lagrotteriafrom Catanzaro; Ernesto Slow from Lamezia; Joseph Minieri from Catanzaro; Mario Minieri from Catanzaro; Saverio Minieri from Catanzaro; Vincenzo Papalia from Rosarno; John Passafaro of Maida; Joseph Passafaro of Borgia; Francis Pungitore of Curinga; Dominic Rosariano from Catanzaro; Raffaele Rosignuoloof Rende; Giaocchino Rutigliano of Curinga; Ilario Serianni from Catanzaro; Rosario Sessa, of San Lucido; Andrea Talarico of Maida; Rosario Talarico, of St. Peter the Apostle; Vincenzo Roger Talarico from Lamezia; Francis Trapasso of Gimigliano; Joseph Donatello Valentino of Caraffa; Antonietta Vescio Campisano, known as Antonella of Lamezia. The judge also ordered the cancellation of the charge of attempted extortion, contested to Mario Minieri, which will be discussed before the Court of Crotone, first hearing on 5 September 2024. They finally asked and obtained to be judged with the abbreviated procedure Thomas Agretto, Andrea Cannistrà And Daniele Nistico (defended by lawyers Antonio Lomonaco and Giovanni Merante). The first hearing before the preliminary hearing judge is scheduled for November 7.
The crimes contested under various titles are criminal association, organized activities for the illicit trafficking of waste, environmental pollution and fraud in public supplies. At the center of the reconstruction of the Catanzaro Public Prosecutor’s Office are the companies attributable to the Minieri group. The holding company allegedly participated in tenders for the management of deputation plants, offering significant discounts, even over 50%.
