Rosario D'Onofrio, former chief prosecutor of Italian Referees' Association AIA, was sentenced in Milan Thursday to five years and eight months in jail as part of an investigation into an alleged maxi international drug trafficking ring.
D'Onofrio, 56, a former army medial officer who was found never to have got a degree in medicine, was known as Rambo in the drugs circles for which he acted as an international courier.
Preliminary hearing judge (GUP) Lidia Castellucci handed downabout 40 sentences in all, up to 17 years in jail, after a flurry of arrests in 2022.
For D'Onofrio, who was granted extenuating circumstances because his statements provided useful elements for the investigation, the final sentence, due to continuation with a previous conviction, also for drugs, rose to 7 years and 8 months.