Nicola Cosentino was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for external complicity in mafia association with the Casalesi clan. The former undersecretary for the economy and former regional coordinator of the Campania PDL was condemned by the judges of the fourth section of the Naples Court of Appeal at the end of the Eco4 trial. Judicial proceeding that takes the name of the consortium that dealt with the collection and disposal of waste in various municipalities of the Caserta area.

At first instance Nicola Cosentino , assisted by Stephen Mutton lawyers and Agostino De Caro, was sentenced to nine years imprisonment and perpetual interdiction from public office for collusion with the Camorra association with judgment of the Court of Santa Maria Capua Vetere, the November 17, 2016, after over 140 hearings. The request of the Naples Public Prosecutor's Office , expressed during the hearing on 9 December last, was 12 years of imprisonment.