‘Ndrangheta trial ends with suspended sentences.
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| The mafia trial concluded at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona |
Fourteen years after investigations were launched into an Italian ‘Ndrangheta gang’s alleged involvement in drug trafficking and money laundering, a Swiss trial has concluded with suspended sentences and an acquittal for the main suspect.
The trial at the Federal Criminal Court against the remaining five members of a Calabrese gang ended on Monday.
As the main suspect had already been cleared at the end of 2014, the Office of the Swiss Attorney General was forced to drop the charge of participation in an organised crime group against all 13 suspects.
The Bellinzona court in canton Ticino also dropped the main charge of money laundering. Two suspects were acquitted, including the main figure. Two others received nine-month suspended sentences for drugs-related charges and a third man received a CHF1,200 ($1,224) fine with suspended sentence for forgery.
A year ago three other suspects received similar suspended sentences of between seven and nine months for cocaine smuggling. The charges against the five remaining suspects were dropped.
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