New York pizzeria owner, son guilty in U.S. drug case tied to Italian mafia

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

World | Fri Jul 22, 2016 5:12pm EDT

New York pizzeria owner, son guilty in U.S. drug case tied to Italian mafia

NEW YORK | BY NATE RAYMOND

A New York pizzeria owner and his son were found guilty on Friday of importing over 50 kilograms of cocaine into the United States from Costa Rica, in a case born out of a probe into an Italian organized crime group's drug trafficking activities.

Gregorio Gigliotti, 60, and his son Angelo Gigliotti, 36, were found guilty by a federal jury in Brooklyn on various drug-related charges, including conspiracy to import cocaine, according to the son's lawyer.

The elder Gigliotti was also convicted on two firearm-related counts, while Angelo Gigliotti was acquitted on the gun-related charges he faced, according to Alan Futerfas, Angelo Gigliotti's lawyer.

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Both men were arrested in March 2015, two months before U.S. and Italian authorities said they arrested 13 people on related charges for participating in a drug trafficking ring in Italy's southern Calabria region.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-usa-cocaine-idUSKCN1022I7

[ZombieHorde]

1. Cocaine should be legal.

Besides, people who make pizza should get a little legal leeway for their societal contributions.