Eleven indictments , three plea agreements, a request for probation. Thus ended the first part of the preliminary hearing that was held in Turin and which concerns the "Platinum" investigation , conducted by the Piedmontese Anti- Mafia District Directorate together with the German investigative authorities with the coordination of Eurojust and focused on the activities of cells of the 'ndrangheta operating between the Italian North West and Germany. Twenty-five other defendants will be tried in May with the shortened procedure.

The accusations, for various reasons, in addition to the mafia-type association mainly concern drug trafficking - in particular the importation from Holland, Belgium, Germany and Spain of cocaine to be sold in Sardinia and Sicily - and the laundering of proceeds in commercial activities and of catering in Germany.

(Unioneonline / lf)

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