Agrigento Mafia: 15 convictions and 189 years prison for Villaseta and Porto Empedocle clans
The Palermo judge has issued 15 convictions totalling 189 years in a fast-track trial involving Mafia clans in the Agrigento area. The heaviest sentences—20 years each—were given to Burgio, Licata and Prestia.
Trial of Agrigento clans: 189 years prison in 15 convictions
Judge Nicoletta Frasca of the Palermo court has issued 15 convictions totalling 189 years imprisonment and two acquittals. This is reported by tg24.sky.it in a fast-track trial concerning one strand of the inquiry by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate into the clans of Villaseta and Porto Empedocle in the Agrigento area.
The heaviest sentences—20 years each—were handed down to James Burgio, Gaetano Licata and Salvatore Prestia. These were followed by Salvatore Lombardo with 18 years and 8 months, Pietro Capraro with 17 years and 2 months, and Simone Sciortino with 15 years and 8 months. Also convicted were Vincenzo Iacono to 12 years and 10 months, Salvatore Carlino to 12 years and 4 months, Stefano Fragapane to 12 years, Cristian Terrana to 11 years and 4 months, Alessandro Calogero Trupia to 9 years and 4 months, Antonio Crapa to 8 years and 8 months, Agostino Marrali to 6 years, and Andrea Sottile and Antonio Guida to 3 years each.
The prosecutors of the Palermo District Anti-Mafia Directorate Claudio Camilleri, Giorgia Righi and Luisa Bettiol had requested 15 convictions totalling 192 years and 8 months. According to the prosecution, the Mafia groups allegedly managed drug trafficking and extortion, as well as carrying out vandalism and intimidation. Among the incidents documented in the investigation were gunfire attacks against two commercial premises.
Burgio and Prestia are indicated by the prosecution as leaders of the Porto Empedocle clan, whilst Capraro and Licata allegedly held central roles in the Villaseta Mafia family.
Source: Google News IT — Crime (it)