Italian appeals court acquits betting defendant in Gambling case
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An Italian appeals court acquitted a defendant in the Gambling investigation of mafia-association, unfair-competition and fictitious-ownership charges. Prosecutors had alleged he acted as a local organised-crime group’s contact in efforts to control sports betting; the appeal judges accepted the defence’s arguments.
An Italian appeals court acquitted a defendant in the Gambling investigation of mafia-association, unfair-competition and fictitious-ownership charges. The charges included an aggravating allegation that the defendant had aided a clan from the Gioia Tauro plain.
The defendant had been convicted at the first trial. The District Anti-Mafia Directorate had alleged that he was a contact for local organised crime in efforts to infiltrate and control sports betting. The appeal judges accepted the defence arguments in full.