Dozens of mobsters sentenced

Dozens of mafiosi from Italy's three main organised crime groups were sentenced on Monday for teaming up to traffic drugs and commit financial crimes in the country’s richest region.

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The so-called “maxi-trial’) which began in May, involved defendants linked to Calabria's ‘Ndrangheta, Sicily's Cosa Nostra and the Camorra with roots around Naples — all accused of operating what prosecutors called a lucrative “consortium” in Lombardy.

The court sentenced 62 defendants to up to 16 years in prison each and ruled that 45 more will face a full trial, Italian media reported.

Dubbed “Hydra” in a reference to the mythological multi-headed monster, the trial is one of the biggest related to the dealings of Italy’s organised crime groups, far from their southern strongholds.