Vito Turriciano of Castellammare released from prison, mafia conviction lapses
In 2016 he was sentenced to 12 years, after three trials he is released because the fact does not exist

by Editorial Staff

March 08, 2025


Vito Turriciano
The Court of Appeal of Caltanissetta has accepted the request for review of the conviction for mafia association against Vito Turriciano, of Castellammare del Golfo, ordering his immediate release . Turriciano had been sentenced to 12 years in prison by the Court of Palermo in 2016, which had found him responsible, in addition to the crime of association, also for two attempted extortions committed in the context of the alleged activity of the mafia group.

Turriciano was accused, together with Mariano Saracino and others, of having formed a new mafia group in the territory of Castellammare del Golfo, opposed to the one led by Francesco Domingo, to control the concrete market and the local public procurement system. An initial request for review was rejected by the Court of Caltanissetta, which considered the different reconstruction of the facts presented by the lawyers Baldassare Lauria and Caterina Gruppuso to be unfounded. According to the defense, in fact, the contested new mafia group was never formed, and the facts that the defendants were accused of were in any case decontextualized from organized crime. Turricciano remains convicted of attempted extortion, for which he has amply served his sentence.