Italian ‘maxi trial’ results in conviction of 70 ’Ndrangheta suspects

More than 350 people linked to organised crime are being tried, with biggest names yet to be judged

Italy struck an early blow on Saturday against the country's powerful 'Ndrangheta organised crime group, convicting 70 mobsters and others in a first, crucial test of the largest mafia trial in more than three decades.

Judge Claudio Paris read out verdicts and sentences against 91 defendants in the massive courtroom in the Calabrian city of Lamezia Terme.