Court acquits associate of Italy’s ex-premier of Mafia deal
ROME — An appeals court in Sicily has acquitted a close
associate of former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi of having negotiated with
the Mafia during the 1990s. A lower court convicted Marcello Dell’Utri in 2018
of acting as a liaison between Italian state institutions and Cosa Nostra bosses
in Sicily and gave him a 12-year prison sentence.
Prosecutors alleged Dell’Utri was part of purported efforts
to convince mobsters to stop a bombing campaign in exchange for authorities
easing up on Mafia crackdowns and loosening
rigid prison conditions for top mobsters. The appeals court in Palermo
ruled on Thursday that Dell’Utri had done no such thing.
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