'Ndrangheta: murder of Giuseppe Nirta, trial in April in Spain

The trial for the murder of Giuseppe Nirta, who was killed at the age of 52 on 9 June 2017 in Murcia on his way home, will be held between 25 April and 3 May in Spain, before a popular jury.

He had a history of drug trafficking and had been involved in the Minotauro operation against the 'Ndrangheta in Piedmont.

The only defendant is his partner, Cristina Elena Toma, a Romanian. For her, the prosecutor is asking for a sentence of 26 years.
According to 'El periodico de Espana', which reports the news, Nirta was under investigation in Spain for his alleged links with the 'Ndrangheta.
Originally from San Luca (Reggio Calabria), he is the brother of Bruno Nirta, for the Carabinieri and Dda of Turin at the top of the 'Ndrangheta club in Aosta and sentenced last year, in the second degree of the Geenna trial, to 12 years 7 months and 20 days of imprisonment. According to the Spanish prosecutor, the couple was returning home to Aguilas on the night of the murder when the woman got out of the Alfa Romeo 147 and fired seven gunshots at them. Cristina Elena Toma also did not call for help directly, but she limited herself to informing a friend of Giuseppe Nirta using his cell phone. The prosecutor's accusation is based on two technical reports by the Guardia civil, according to which the shirt and trousers worn that evening by Toma showed traces of gunpowder.