118 terms in Aemilia trial

(ANSA) - Reggio Emilia, October 31 - A Reggio Emilia court on Wednday handed down 118 prison terms totalling over 1,200 years in a major trial into the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta mafia's infiltration of the Emilian economy.
    The longest term was 21 years and eight months, for Carmine Belfiore. Others convicted included Gaetano Blasco (21 years), Michele Bolognino (20 years and 7 months) and Giuseppe Iaquinta (19 year), a businessman and father of former Italy striker Vincenzo Iaquinta. In ethe fast-track trial, judges gave 16 years and 4 months to Gianluigi Sarcone, and 16 years to both Palmo and Giuseppe Vertinelli.
    There were another 24 terms amounting to some 325 years, for crimes committed from jail during the trial.
    The sentences corresponded largely to prosecutors' requests.
    The trial established there was a large and well-established 'Ndrangheta cell in northern Italy and particularly in the Emilia region around Bologna.