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Italian officials convicted more than 200 as part of the country's trial against members of the 'Ndrangheta crime group.

In what is being hailed as Italy's biggest mafia trial in three decades, an Italian court has delivered convictions and sentences to over 200 people, marking a significant blow against the notorious 'Ndrangheta. This "maxi trial" concluded after three years in a high-security courtroom in Calabria, specially designed to accommodate the extensive network associated with the powerful organized crime syndicate.

Specially built courtroom in Calabria heard evidence of ruthless tactics of ’Ndrangheta crime syndicate

Italy’s largest mafia trial in three decades has begun, with 900 witnesses testifying against more than 350 people, including politicians and officials charged with being members of the powerful ’Ndrangheta. A high-security 1,000-capacity courtroom with cages to hold the defendants has been built by Italian authorities in the Calabrian city of Lamezia Terme. Despite its symbolic importance, the opening day was largely procedural, with Judge...

Testimony begins Wednesday in Italy in the country’s largest organized crime trial in more than three decades.    More than 350 defendants will stand in the dock in a specially-built high security courtroom in the southern town of Lamezia Terme, in Italy’s Calabrian region, home of the powerful mafia-like 'Ndrangheta empire.  As many as 900 witnesses will testify in a trial that is expected to last as long as a year, if not longer.  Prosecutors are focusing their efforts primarily on the 'Ndrangheta’s Mancuso family, which controls the Vibo Valentia area of Calabria.