Gennaro Amirante, known as "Scimità," was convicted on appeal of extortion against a Pozzuoli restaurateur through the purchase of seafood. The 39-year-old son-in-law of mafia boss Gennaro Longobardi had his sentence slightly reduced to 6 years and 4 months from the eight years he served in the first instance. His father-in-law, meanwhile, had been sentenced in recent weeks to 13 years and 4 months and is also awaiting trial. The sentence was handed down following a summary trial. According to investigators who executed a precautionary custody order against the two on April 6 of last year, the restaurateur was supposed to pay €1.500 a month to the clan by purchasing seafood at unfair prices. However, Giuseppe Bruno, a well-known Pozzuoli restaurateur, reported the extortion attempt, and the two were arrested. Amirante had been sentenced to eight years in prison, following a fast-track trial, with the aggravating circumstance of having operated with mafia methods. The investigation, conducted by the Carabinieri of the Naples Investigative Unit and the Pozzuoli Company, uncovered a specific form of extortion. The boss demanded protection money through the purchase of seafood by his son-in-law, and the entrepreneur was allegedly forced to purchase €1.500 worth of it per month, an "expense" deemed excessive for the entrepreneur. Gennaro Longobardi was released from prison in May 2017, after serving 13 years in a cell under the "41 bis" regime. Amirante was also served a second warrant in prison last year for the robbery of a trucking company, which he committed with his brother-in-law Salvatore Carullo, who was placed under house arrest on this charge. The two await trial.
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