Italian businessman Manlio Cerroni is facing a string of charges from government prosecutors accusing him of monopolising trash disposal in Rome using a web of companies and individuals.
Updated: May 26, 2014, 12:00 AM
In pictures: Italy’s trash disposal down in the dumps
Trucks wait at the entrance of the Malagrotta landfill in December 2013. The Malagrotta landfill, Europe's largest, was closed last year after European Union authorities ruled it unfit to treat waste. Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters
A digger removes waste at the Malagrotta landfill owned by Italian businessman Manlio Cerroni, who faces trial over allegations he monopolised trash disposal in and around the Italian capital using a web of companies and individuals. Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters
The Malagrotta landfill, Europe's largest, was closed last year after European Union authorities ruled it unfit to treat waste. Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters
The Malagrotta landfill, Europe's largest, was closed last year after European Union authorities ruled it unfit to treat waste. Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters
The waste plant pictured at the Malagrotta landfill near Rome in December 2013. The Malagrotta landfill, Europe's largest, was closed last year after European Union authorities ruled it unfit to treat waste. Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters
A truck loaded with waste is seen at the Malagrotta landfill in December 2013. Italian businessman Manlio Cerroni, who faces trial over allegations he monopolised trash disposal in and around the Italian capital using a web of companies and individuals. Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters
An employee at the Malagrotta landfill near Rome in December 2013. Italian businessman Manlio Cerroni, who built a global empire and a personal fortune on trash, faces trial over allegations he monopolised trash disposal in and around the Italian capital using a web of companies and individuals. Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters
A backhoe deposits a load of garbage into a truck at the Malagrotta landfill outside of Rome. The Malagrotta landfill, Europe's largest, was closed lin 2013 after European Union authorities ruled it unfit to treat waste. Chris Warde-Jones / Bloomberg News
Waste management in Italy is so lucrative that even the organised crime group Camorra has taken over trash disposal contracts since the 1990s, dumping trash from all over the country and other parts of Europe in unauthorised fields or landfills. Above, an Italian soldier takes photos of garbage on a road in southern Italy. Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters
Waste management in Italy is so lucrative that even the organised crime group Camorra has taken over trash disposal contracts since the 1990s. Above, Italian army soldiers patrol a road near Acerra southern Italy. Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters
An Italian army soldier stands next to trash illegally dumped on a road near Acerra, southern Italy. Alessandro Bianchi / Reuters