ON APPEAL
'Ndrangheta in Switzerland, "Helvetia" investigation. Nine suspects acquitted

All the defendants in the trial born from a branch of the "Helvetia" investigation , coordinated by the Reggio Calabria DDA , on a mafia-type criminal association operating in the Swiss town of Frauenfeld, were all acquitted on appeal . At first instance, the Locri Court had sentenced nine people to sentences of between 10 and 13 years in prison. Everyone was accused of having been part of a criminal group linked to the "Crime of Polsi" and in contact with the "society of Rosarno" and the "local" of Fabrizia, the country of origin of most of the defendants.

After the second degree trial, the Reggio Calabria Court of Appeal overturned the sentence of the Locri Court. With the formula "because the fact does not exist" were acquitted Rocco Antonio Cirillo, Brunello Nesci respectively considered local head of Frauenfeld and member of the "major company" and "day master".

The charges also fell against the alleged participants in the mafia association: Angelo Rullo, Cosimo Laporta, Giovanni Manno, Giovanni De Masi, Sandro Iacopetta, Francesco Lombardo and Giulio Nesci.