Mafia Ringleader ‘Lady Oil’ Sentenced To Jail
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October 12, 2022
Anna Bettozzi was sentenced to 13 years and two months in jail on Wednesday. Known as a petrol mafia ringleader ‘Lady Oil’, she was arrested last year for mafia association with ‘Ndrangheta.

The preliminary hearings judge (GUP) said the woman had been one of the leading figures in the vast ‘Petrol Mafie SpA’ probe.

Bettozzi, also known as ‘Lady Oil, is the widow of oilman Sergio Di Cesare. She was among 70 people arrested in April last year for mafia association involving the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta. She also stood accused of money laundering and tax fraud on petroleum products.

Some one billion euros in assets were seized – property, companies and cash. They included plants owned by the Made Petrol Italia Srl company, formerly known as Max Petroli, which Bettozzi was running.

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‘Ndrangheta is Italy’s richest and most powerful mafia. It controls most of the cocaine trade in Europe.