[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n the 21st of November 2013, Nicola PICCENNA and Nino GRILLI have been condemned by the Tribunale di Catanzaro to 6 and 4 months of imprisonment and respectively fined up to 800 and 400 Euros for having defamed through press M. Nicola BUCCICO (lawyer at the Matera Basilicata) courts, Annunzata CAZZETTA sub prosecutor and Giuseppe CHIECO, head prosecutor to the Tribunale della Reppubblica di Matera.
OCO hase collaborated since years with M. Nicola PICCENNA which have always, and sometimes in a some particular style, provided excellent analysis, in-deep comprehension and information about the links between organized crime, justice, private companies and state operators in the region of Basilicata. M. Nicola PICCENNA has collaborated with different magistrate and prosecutors in Naples, Catanzaro, Matera, Bari and other southern italian jurisdictions in processes against corruption, environmental crime (eco-mafia), murder and influence trafficking.