By Barbie Latza Nadeau | CNNAn Italian court has sentenced more than 200 crime gang members to a total of 2,200 years in prison, following the country’s largest mafia trial in three decades. Among those tried were 42 women – a record for a mafia trial – of whom 39 were convicted. Many of the defendants had colorful nicknames – including “The Wolf,” “Fatso,” “Sweetie” and “Lamb Thigh” – that were caught on some 24,000 wiretaps, according to the testimonies presented during the trial. The mobsters were affiliated with Italy’s notorious ’Nrangheta crime group and were convicted of mafia association, extortion, bribery and five murders. The three judges had been living under police protection during the trial, which lasted two years and 10 months.

Source: CNN November 21, 2023 00:17 UTC