Scott Rinascita, the maxi trial against the 'Ndrangheta has begun: 200 people in the courtroom
11 September 2020



Just before noon, in the Rebibbia prison in Rome, the preliminary hearing against the 452 suspects involved in the maxi-blitz Scott Rinascita launched last December against the 'Ndrangheta Vibonese and which exposed the relations between the clan and White collars.

Over two hundred people present in the bunker hall of the Roman prison where they tried, but without much success, to respect the distancing, practically zero. Discomfort also due to the absence of air conditioning.

Ten hearings scheduled in the Roman penitentiary, waiting for the construction of a bunker room in Lamezia Terme.

In the courtroom also the chief prosecutor of Catanzaro, Nicola Gratteri: "The fault lies with all of us men of the institutions who have not taken with due seriousness and rigor what has happened before our eyes for decades".

Gratteri also referred to the precautionary custody order issued by the investigating judge of Salerno against the former president of the Court of Assizes of Catanzaro, Marco Petrini, a magistrate under investigation for corruption in judicial acts, (he would have joined a Masonic lodge and allegedly revealed confidential information): "I saw what the Salerno prosecutor is doing: it is a signal that is grafted on to today's trial and with the others already celebrated", underlined Gratteri, given that Rinascita-Scott is the process of 'Ndrangheta with "the highest percentage of unfaithful white-collar and state men".

The prosecutor of Catanzaro also rejected the accusations of "manettaro" that someone made to him: "This delegitimization campaign against the Catanzaro prosecutor's office is perfectly clear, because they have perfectly understood that I am only the advanced point of a great team that has broad shoulders and nerves of steel and that certainly won't make reaction fouls ", he concluded.