Concerning the main defedant from the Spartacus trial, a quote from a 1992 newspaper (don't know where can the whole article be found, but this quote is all over internet):
"Finalmente un raggio di sole nel Casale calcio. Il noto imprenditore Francesco Schiavone è entrato a far parte della dirigenza"
"Finally a sunray for the soccer in Casale. The famous businessman Francesco Schiavone became part of the management leadership".
From the chronology of his arrests it seems that he was rarely out of jail in that period, yet still managed to make positive headlines for himself in the news.
By the way, while the law enformcement said the indictment was named "Spartacus" because it was like they were rebelling agains the camorra like Spartcacus and the slaves against the Romans. And I initially thought it was the other way around: the surname of the boss is SCHIAVOne (schiavo=slave), so it was as if they were suppressing the camorra like the Romans were suppressing the slave rebellion.
They sometimes choose names for the indictment impossible to figure out on your own: for example, the operation "Havana" in the Agrigento province was named so because the boss Salvatore Di Gangi smoked Havana cigars.
