Riace Mayor Domenico 'Mimmo'
Lucano said Wednesday he hoped justice would be done after the
supreme court cleared him of fraud and arranged marriages for
migrants in the Calabrian town that had become a beacon for
successful integration and repopulation.
On February 26 the supreme Cassation Court ruled that
Lucano's ban from returning to Riace should be annulled,
although this was not an executive order and has to be ratified
by another lower court, to which the decision was referred.
On Tuesday the Cassation Court explained it had so ruled
because there was no evidence of fraud or arranged marriages in
the case.
However, Lucano still face prosecution for other alleged
irregularities relating to the treatment of migrants.
"Now I expect with all my heart that the ban on residing (in
Riace) will be lifted", he said.
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