Corrupt Pro-Open Borders Politician Fails to Win Seat in Regional Election

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68% : The poor results come just days after the court of Locri found Lucano guilty of several charges including aiding illegal immigration, state fraud, embezzlement, and abuse of office and sentencing him to 13 years and two months in prison.
64% : Former Italian Mayor Domenico "Mimmo" Lucano has failed to win a seat in the Calabria regional election days after he was sentenced to 13 years in prison for aiding illegal migration and fraud.
62% : Following the verdict and sentencing, pro-migrant NGOs defended Lucano, including Luca Casarini, who himself had been under investigation for aiding illegal migration in 2019 while heading the migrant taxi NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans.
51% : The court also ordered Lucano to pay back €500,000 (£427,588/$579,698) of cash that had been entrusted to him by the Italian government and the European Union, though he was alleged to have misused as much as €5 million (£4.28 million/$5.8 million) by prosecutors.

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