The first degree trial for the “The Family” anti-drug operation concluded with 17 convictions and 3 acquittalson a network of shop in Fondo Fucile discovered by an investigation by the Messina Mobile team taken last February. The ruling is from the preliminary hearing judge Arianna Raffa and concerns the section that requested the summary judgment.
They were convicted: Alessio Coppolino at 14 years, 4 months and 20 days, Andrea Coppolino at 15 years and 10 months, Piero Coppolino at 8 years, 5 months and 20 days, Francesco Pio Currò at 7 years old, Caroline Curro 6 years and 8 months, Daniela Allia 5 years and 4 months, Antonino Guerrini 5 years, 8 months and 20 days and a fine of 20 thousand euros, Davide Crisari 4 years, 4 months and 18 thousand euro fine, Giuseppe Basile 5 years, 8 months and 20 thousand euro fine, Francesco Basile4 years, 4 months and 18 thousand euros fine, Joshua Orlando 2 years, 9 months and 10 days and ten thousand euros fine, Pietro Pappalardo 2 years, 4 months and six thousand euros fine, Francesco Pellegrino 2 years, 4 months and six thousand euros fine, Bartolo Mussillo 4 years and 18 thousand euro fine, Massimiliano Peluso 4 years, 4 months and 18 thousand euro fine, Alessandro Pandolfino 2 years, 10 months and 20 days, Giovanni Lombardo 2 years, 10 months.
They were acquitted Giovanni Coppolino, Sonia Longo And Domenico Allia. The prosecution had sought sentences ranging from a maximum of 20 years to a minimum of two years in prison. The lawyers Salvatore Silvestro, Tino Celi, Ignazio and Cinzia Panebianco, Tommaso Autru Ryolo, Gaetano Pino, Antonio Giacobello, Giuseppe Donato, Giuseppe Bonavita and Pietro Venuti were involved in the defense.
The Flying Squad blitz had led to thearrest of 26 people, half in prison and half under house arrest. The investigations revealed that in Fondo Fucile there was a family-based group that ran a drug dealing ring, particularly cocaine. Part of the investigations also dealt with events not related to drugs, some were related to the carrying out of swabs for Covid.