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Huge 'mega-trial' convicts 70 members of Italy's biggest mafia group
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The Italian judiciary has dealt a heavy blow to Italy's most powerful mafia group - the 'Ndrangheta - by convicting 70 of its members and others with links to it.
It is the biggest mafia trial since the late 1980s.
The verdicts against 91 defendants were read out in a large courtroom, where a "mega-trial" of hundreds of alleged 'Ndrangheta members has been taking place.
Anti-mafia prosecutor Nicola Gratteri - whose efforts to defeat the 'Ndrangheta forced him to live under police protection for more than 30 years - said everything had gone well.
"We have an important sentence. Ninety-one defendants, 70 presumed guilty convicted, two prescribed and 19 acquitted," he said.
"I am not afraid of anything or anyone. I always say what I think and if I
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