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Italy's Court of Cassation orders retrial over alleged mafia-related betting

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Italy's Court of Cassation overturned and remanded an appeals court ruling in a case involving illegal online betting in the Crotone area. It said the ruling had not adequately explained whether the defendant knew the activity was intended to benefit a mafia group; a different section of the Catanzaro Court of Appeal will reconsider the case.

The remand leaves the application of the mafia-related aggravating factor to be reassessed in the betting case.

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