Over eighty years in prison were requested by the prosecutors of the DDA of Palermo, before the Court of Marsala, in the trial of eight of the 16 people involved in the anti-mafia operation "Pionica "of 12 March 2018 .

The most severe sentence (20 years in prison) was requested for Salvatore Crimi, 62, the alleged boss of Vita (Tp). Thirteen years, on the other hand, was the request for Ciro Gino Ficarotta, 68, of San Giuseppe Jato (Pa), and 12 years for Michele Gucciardi, 67, presumed mafia boss of Salemi, already sentenced to 14 years and 4 months in the context of the "Ermes" trial.