Swiss court sentences ‘Ndrangheta member to six years, orders expulsion

Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court has sentenced a 59-year-old man to six years and three months in prison and ordered his expulsion from the country for 10 years, SRF reported.

The court found no doubt that he belonged to the ‘Ndrangheta, a criminal organisation, the presiding judge said as she announced the verdict in Bellinzona on Tuesday. The sentence matched the penalty sought by the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland.

Prosecutors accused the landscaper of involvement in drug and weapons trafficking and of using the threat of mafia connections to intimidate people over debts and protection money. They said he knowingly worked for the ‘Ndrangheta in Switzerland from 2001 to 2020, carrying out criminal activities as the Swiss representative and logistics operator for the Anello-Fruci clan, described in the article as one of the organisation’s most powerful families.