UK to come under scrutiny in Italy’s largest mafia trial in decades Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and Alessia Candito in Reggio Calabria © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Gianluca Chininea/AFP/Getty Images
In a high-security, 1,000-capacity courtroom converted from a call centre, Italy’s largest mafia trial in three decades is under way in Lamezia Terme, Calabria. About 900 witnesses are set to testify against more than 350 defendants, including politicians and officials charged with being members of the ’Ndrangheta, Italy’s most powerful criminal group.
Several of the defendants will be asked to respond to charges of money laundering over establishing companies in the UK with the alleged purpose of simulating legitimate economic activity.
UK to come under scrutiny in Italy s largest mafia trial in decades
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Withdraw Your Defamatory Fraud Allegations Or Face Legal Action, UK Anti-Corruption Group Tells Adoke
It vowed to initiate legal action against the former minister if no retraction is made within the next 10 days.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 25, 2021
One of the leading anti-corruption groups in the UK, The Corner House has threatened legal action in response to a widely publicised complaint sent on behalf of former Nigeria’s Attorney General, Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) to the Police Inspector-General that the Mutual Legal Assistance, (MLA) made by UK to Italy which aided his recent judgment in Milan, was forged.
Adoke had written a petition to the former IGP Mohammed Adamu, claiming that the legal instrument deployed to aid his conviction in Italy over the OPL 245 scam was forged by Corner House.
MALABU: Group threatens legal action over Adoke’s letter to police
The group says it will initiate legal action against Mr Adoke and his agents, if no retraction is made within 10 days. 3 min read
A UK anti-corruption group, Corner House, has threatened legal action in response to a widely publicised complaint sent to Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police on behalf of former Nigerian Attorney General, Mohammed Adoke.
In the letter of complaint, Mr Adoke alleged “various acts of forgery” by “the parties responsible for the petition, investigations and commencement of the criminal trial at the court of Milan against the individuals/entities connected with the OPL 245 settlement agreement.”