Rome CNN —An Italian court has sentenced more than 200 crime gang members to a total of 2,200 years in prison, following the country’s largest mafia trial in three decades.
It took the court one hour and 40 minutes to hand down its rulings, Italian news outlet Ansa reported.
Among those tried were 42 women – a record for a mafia trial – of whom 39 were convicted.
The trial took place in a specially-built bunker in Lamezia Temre, southern Italy, amid safety concerns.
Valeria Ferraro/APThe mobsters were affiliated with Italy’s notorious ’Nrangheta crime group and were convicted of mafia association, extortion, bribery and five murders.
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Rome CNN, onetime Forza Italia, CNN, Italy’s, United, Italian DIA, Mafia
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Lamezia Terme, Temre, Italy, United States, Italian, Calabria