From the left, the ex Nar Massimo Carminati and the ras of the cooperatives, Salvatore Buzzi

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June 12, 2020

In the criminal system that emerged in the Mondo di mezzo trial, the Court of Cassation - maintains in a note anticipating the reasons for the sentence - "without denying that criminal phenomena may exist on the territory of Rome" notes that "the evidentiary results led to denying the existence of a mafia-type criminal association ". What has been ascertained "is an overall picture of a severely polluted 'system', not by fear, but by the public service goods".

"In fact, neither the use of the mafia method nor the existence of the consequent humane subjection have been highlighted and the association was excluded from having its own autonomous mafia criminal 'fame".

City officials in the hands of clans
"A part of the municipal administration has in fact delivered itself to the interests of the criminal group that has found fertile ground to cultivate" the Court of Cassation anticipates again in the note that anticipates the reasons for the verdict of the ermines that last October they eased the position of the defendants of the 'Mondo halve' trial, including the ras of the cooperatives Salvatore Buzzi and the ex Nar Massimo Carminati, excluding the aggravating mafia.

"What has been ascertained - continues the note - is a phenomenon of generalized, widespread and systemic collusion, the core of which was the criminal association that managed the interests of Buzzi cooperatives through division mechanisms in the management of the contracts of the Municipality of Rome and the entities that belonged to this ". "This led - concludes the Cassation - to the devaluation of the public interest, sacrificed to logics of hoarding for the benefit of private individuals".

Entrepreneurs accepted Buzzi's 'logic'
"The facts also tell of entrepreneurs who accepted a logic professed by Buzzi and his associates, based on the corrupt agreements between public officials and entrepreneurs, converging towards mutual economic benefits" finally the Cassation. "In this way - continues the note - free competition was limited and this occurred through forms of systematic corruption, not preceded by any intimidating mafia method".