Special surveillance request for Perri entrepreneurs rejected. Catanzaro Court of Appeal confirms the Court’s decision

The Prevention Measures section of the Court of Appeal of Catanzaro confirmed the order with which the Court, last September, had rejected the request for application of the special surveillance measure against the brothers Francesco, Marcello and Pasqualino Perri, entrepreneurs in the commercial sector, rejecting the appeal that had been presented by the DDA. At the same time, the judges rejected the request for confiscation of the Perri brothers’ assets, which includes, among other things, the “Due Mari” shopping center, one of the largest in Calabria, and a series of companies. The panel that made the decision was chaired by Antonio Battaglia, with Abigail Mellace and Paola Ciriaco on the sidelines. Francesco Perri was defended by a pool of lawyers composed of Salvatore Staiano, Marta Staiano, Aldo Ferraro, Vincenzo Cicino and Livio Muscatiello, while the defenders of Pasqualino Perri and Marcello Perri were, respectively, the lawyers Francesco Gambardella and Michele Cerminara. In October 2022, among other things, the Court of Lamezia Terme acquitted Francesco Perri, for not having committed the crime, of the accusation of having been a participant in the Iannazzo gang of the ‘Ndrangheta.