As part of investigative activities coordinated by this Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Financiers of the Provincial Command of Catania gave execution of the sentencewhich has become definitive, with which the Court of Appeal of Catania he condemned Orazio Valentino Maggioreborn in 1987, at prison sentence of 4 years and 6 months as
deemed guilty of the crime of organized drug trafficking.
In particular, the investigations carried out by the specialized units of the Economic and Financial Police Unit of Cataniahad made it possible to ascertain that the aforementioned Greater In the period 2015-2016 It was associated with 6 other subjects for the purpose of committing more drug trafficking and dealing crimes of the type hashish and heroin. In this context, the recipient of the conviction, together with his other associates, had been responsible for the transport of the drugs to Catania and the subsequent wholesale resale, also identifying the buyers.
On the basis of the evidence that emerged following the investigations carried out by the financiers of the PEF Unit of Cataniaunder the coordination of this Prosecutor’s Office, the Judge of second instance has therefore sentenced Maggiore to the main sentence of 4 years and 6 monthsof which approximately 3 and 6 months still remain to be served, as well as the additional penalty of legal disqualification and disqualification from holding public offices.
The activity carried out by the PEF Unit of Catania it falls within the broader framework of the actions carried out by this Office and by the Catania Financial Police aimed at combating the trafficking and dealing of narcotic substances, to protect, in particular, the weakest sections of the population.
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