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A defendant sticks his arm out of the cage in the bunker court of the Rebibbia prison during the reading of the sentence of verdict, delivered at the end of a corruption trial in Rome, Thursday, July 20, 2017.
An Italian court has found 46 defendants guilty in a wide ranging corruption trial that revealed a system of kick-backs and intimidation to gain control of city contracts. But the court did not convict the defendants of mafia-style association, a key element of prosecutor’s case and which would have been the first in Italy to unite findings of corruption with the trappings of organized crime.
Italian Penitentiary police officers stand inside the court hall during a corruption trial in Rome, Thursday, July 20, 2017. An Italian court has found 46 defendants guilty in a wide ranging corruption trial that revealed a system of kick-backs and intimidation to gain control of city contracts. But the court did not convict the defendants of mafia-style association, a key element of prosecutor’s case and which would have been the first in Italy to unite findings of corruption with the trappings of organized crime.
