Afragola. They were accused by the Naples DDA of laundering the illegal proceeds of the Moccia clan through the petroleum products.
But today the serious charges were dropped against the 6 defendants who chose the summary trial.
According to the charges, the Coppola family and the relatives in the horizontal line of coppola was connected to the Moccia clan through a very tenuous parental bond.
And these, using daring subterfuges, wanted to use a company that was not yet born at the time to demonstrate a money laundering that never happened. In April of last year, 71 people were arrested throughout Italy.
But today in front of the investigating judge Antonio Baldassarre of the 23rd section of the Naples Tribunal the link with the clan has sensationally fallen apart.
And for this Silvia Coppola she was acquitted of the crime of money laundering for not having committed the crime: sentenced only to 1 year and 6 months with all the benefits of the law, suspended sentence (against a 9 year sentence requested by the prosecution) defended by the lawyer Teresa Terracciano
Joseph Vivese acquitted for not having committed the crime, 1 year and 4 years of imprisonment (12 years requested) – excluding aggravating circumstance 416 – defended by the lawyer Tiziana De Masi and Annalisa Senese
Gabriele Coppeta 2 years 2 months and 20 days of imprisonment (18 years requested) defended by the lawyer Ester Siracusa
Aldo Flanders 2 years (4 years requested) defended by the lawyer Ficcardi
Frank Mazzarella acquitted for not having committed the crime defended by the lawyer Pignataro
Salvatore D'Amico acquitted for not having committed the crime defended by the lawyers Gallo and Morra.
Article published on March 28, 2022 - 21pm