Massimo Carminati

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Massimo Carminati
Born (1958-05-31) 31 May 1958 (age 65)
Mafia association, extortion
, fraudulent transfer of assets, bribery, bid rigging and false invoicing (2014)
Penalty20 years imprisonment (2017); reduced to 14 years and six months on appeal (2018), later revoked.

Massimo Carminati (Italian pronunciation:

corrupt network that infiltrated Rome
's public administration. He was charged with fraud, money laundering, embezzlement, and the bribing of public officials. In 2017, Carminati was sentenced to 20 years in jail. The sentence was revoked in 2018, and he was released in 2020.

Background

Carminati frequented a bar that was a haunt of Rome criminals and political extremists. He became a particular friend of

Armed Revolutionary Nuclei", or NAR). Carminati introduced Fioravanti to some Banda della Magliana members, including their leader Franco Giuseppucci, who became a close friend of Carminati, and Massimo Sparti who later became the main witness against Fioravanti for the 1980 Bologna train station bombing.[3] After Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari and Banda della Magliana ceased to exist through arrests and violent death, Carminati managed to emerge as a figure in his own right.[1]

Link to Perugia trial of Andreotti

A clandestine weapons store of the

Salvo cousins to complain to Andreotti about the behaviour of Mattarella, according to Mafia turncoat (pentito) Francesco Marino Mannoia.[5][13] According to the supergrass, Andreotti tried to prevent the Mafia from killing Mattarella.[13][14][15] Fioravanti was also accused of killing for Propaganda Due.[16]

Later activities and imprisonment

Carminati lost his left eye in a gunfight with border guards in 1981 while attempting to illicitly cross into Switzerland.[17] He was initially acquitted with Andreotti in the killing of Pecorelli, but after a prosecution appeal they were found guilty at re-trial stage trial. In 2003 Italy's highest court definitively acquitted them.[18] He was sentenced to four years in prison for his complicity in a raid on the Banca di Roma strongroom deposit boxes, he was regarded as the mastermind behind the burglary. Police reportedly suspect the deposit boxes contained compromising material that Carminati used to compile dossiers on a number of high officials. In 2012 it was reported his name had come up in a match fixing investigation.[1][18]

On 2 December 2014, Carminati was arrested by the

Mafia Capitale investigation.[19] On 20 July 2017, Carminati was sentenced to 20 years in prison.[20] On 11 September 2018, on appeal, Carminati was sentenced to 14 years and six months. The sentence was revoked in 2018 and he is free since 2020.[21]

In popular culture

Carminati is the basis of the character of "Il Nero" in the book

television series directed by Stefano Sollima and Emiliano Coltorti.[22]

He also inspired the character of Samurai in the book Suburra by Giancarlo De Cataldo and Carlo Bonini, from which the 2015 film Suburra by Stefano Sollima was made, in which Samurai is played by Claudio Amendola; the book was also followed by the television series directed by Michele Placido, Andrea Molaioli and Giuseppe Capotondi, in which the character is played by Francesco Acquaroli.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c Noack, Rick (5 December 2014). "For Rome's mafia, more refugees means more money". The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ^ Abbate, Lirio (2012-12-12). "I quattro re di Roma" [The four kings of Rome]. repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  3. ^ Squires, Nick (3 December 2014). ""Mafia capital": Rome hit by mobster scandal". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  4. ^ Puppetmasters: The Political Use of Terrorism in Italy, p. 87–89
  5. ^ a b The Andreotti Affair: Supergrasses target Andreotti, The Independent, April 16, 1993
  6. ^ NYT, April 12, 1996 Andreotti Is Back in Court, This Time on Murder Charge
  7. ^ Independent, 24 September 1995 ALL THE PRIME MINISTER'S MEN
  8. ^ NYT September 25, 1999, Ex-Premier Andreotti Acquitted of Mafia Murder Conspiracy
  9. ^ Oct 31 2003 Court Clears Andreotti of Murder Charge
  10. ^ NYT, November 19, 2002, Andreotti's Sentence Draws Protests About 'Justice Gone Mad'
  11. ^ Telegraph, 6 May 2013 OBIT Giulio Andreotti
  12. ^ Puppetmasters: The Political Use of Terrorism in Italy by Philip Willan, page 88–89
  13. ^ a b Dickie, Cosa Nostra, p. 423-24
  14. ^ Mob Rule - Fighting the Mafia and Renewing Sicilian Culture - Review, National Review, October 1, 2001
  15. ^ Puppetmasters: The Political Use of Terrorism in Italy by Philip Willan
  16. ^ Puppetmasters: The Political Use of Terrorism in Italy, p. 301
  17. ^ "Rome Corruption. Massimo Carminati: The Terrorist Turned Criminal". 9 December 2014.
  18. ^ a b Italy Chronicles, Massimo Carminati: The Terrorist Turned Criminal
  19. ^ Roma, perquisizioni e arresti in Regione e Campidoglio. Franco Grilli. Il Giornale. Cronaca. 2 dicembre 2014.
  20. ^ "Rome corruption ring jailed after marathon trial". BBC News. 20 July 2017.
  21. ^ "Mondo di mezzo, sentenza d'appello: 18 anni a Buzzi, 14 anni a Carminati. C'è l'associazione mafiosa" (in Italian). rainews.it. 11 September 2018.
  22. ^ a b "Massimo Carminati, dal "Nero" di Romanzo criminale al "Samurai" di Suburra" (in Italian). inliberta.it. 16 October 2015.
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