Afragola – The second-degree trial against the Sasso-Parziale clan, the criminal syndicate that established its hegemony in the Salicelle district of Afragola through drug dealing and raids, has concluded with a flurry of sentence reductions, but with the prosecution's case essentially holding up.
The judges of the fourth criminal section of the Naples Court of Appeal yesterday issued their verdicts against 19 defendants, imposing a total of nearly two centuries of prison time, a significant figure that nevertheless represents a marked reduction compared to the penalties imposed in the first instance.
At the heart of the investigation, conducted by the Anti-Mafia Directorate (DDA) and supported by investigations by the Carabinieri of Castello di Cisterna and the Flying Squad, is the violent rise of the group, considered an offshoot of the powerful Moccia clan. According to investigators' reconstruction, the Sasso and Parziale families had established a reign of terror between Afragola and Casoria, monopolizing drug trafficking in the popular Salicelle "stecche" (sandwiches) and imposing rackets on merchants and entrepreneurs.
Control of the territory maintained through force of arms: during the investigations, the availability of a war arsenal emerged, used for intimidating raids and to assert criminal supremacy over rival groups.
Despite the seriousness of the charges, which range from Camorra-style association and drug trafficking to extortion and weapons possession, the defense team's strategy (comprising, among others, attorneys Dario Carmine Procentese, Luigi Poziello, Luca Pagliaro, and Antonio Bucci) was effective. The Court recognized mitigating circumstances, significantly reducing the sentences previously imposed under the summary trial.
Among the top positions, the 16-year sentence handed down to Antonio Sasso, believed to be the leader of the eponymous faction, and the 14-year sentence handed down to Vittorio Parziale, are noteworthy. The verdict against Giuseppe Sasso, aka "'o Nennillo," a young boss already well-known in the news, was significant: his sentence was increased by six years. The turning point, however, came with the definitive acquittal of Annamaria De Luca: the woman, partner of the alleged instigator Nicola Luongo, emerged clean from the trial, having seen the charges against her dropped.
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The operative part of the sentence: the sentences
Antonio Sasso: 16 years old
Vittorio Partial: 14 years
Alfonso Crisci: 13 years old
Vincenzo De Pompeis: 12 years and 9 months
Antonio Raucci: 12 years and 6 months
Gennaro Aristarco: 12 years old
Pietro De Filippis: 11 years and 9 months
Christian Luongo: 10 years and 7 months
Federico Maldarelli: 10 years
Veronica Parziale: 9 years and 4 months
Giovanni De Pompeis: 8 years and 4 months
Michele Bizzarro: 8 years
Ciro Sannino: 7 years and 4 months
Antonio Mosella: 6 years and 8 months
Domenico Marrone: 6 years and 8 months
Antonietta Parziale: 6 years and 8 months
Raffaele Fusco: 6 years and 8 months
Vincenzo Corsini: 6 years and 4 months
Giuseppe Sasso: 6 years (sentence continues to increase)
Pasquale Varriale: 4 years and 4 months
Acquittals:
Annamaria De Luca: Acquitted (final)
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Comments (38)
Congratulations, exemplary sentences... THE STATE ALWAYS WINS
What a band and idiots
To expel more money to the boss
But if two centuries of time are equal to 200 years in prison, there are people who say throw away the keys. They're few, but do you really do it? And if it's 200 years, so what?
But I ask you, is this life worth it?
Let's go
Planet's excrement!
Real Madrid
Everyone decides their own life, don't judge
And instead we judge because these shits only abuse good people and you are as shit as them to defend them
But whoever posts the newspaper is either drunk or doesn't know how to write. Which means "absolute." But at least when you post the news, you check it. The word "absolute" has a different meaning than the word "absolute."
Filippo Gallo: These are the total for all the defendants. That is, if there are 10 of them, they get 20 years each.
Antonio Grimaldi ok thanks
Congratulations, exemplary sentences, always report these 4 idiots... THE STATE ALWAYS WINS
Enzo Russo doesn't rumpessn or fuck people though
Fabio La Rosa well done
But what a prison! Then they have to be maintained.
Rubentus
But you just have to look at their faces to understand what a disgusting people they are... criminals!!!
What are they for in society?
Fuck assassins
With chains on our feet working in the fields with this shit
So what???
Leo Rogai I think the boss's partner is acquitted!
Gennaro Borrelli for nothing but harming honest people I would put the death penalty for those who kill without mercy and you see that they no longer kill anyone to death for those who kill
Ridiculous sentences, especially when they add up the years of sentences, and which will almost never be respected.
Alfonso Ferrillo likely but not guilty–!
Filippo Gallo if I'm divided by 3 they're fine
Useless people
The one in the middle is Easter manna young