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Another major operation against organized crime in Italy

cde.news desk 18 July 2019, 11:46 · 1 min read

I03 - 19980922 - CATANIA; ITALY: An Italian Carabinieri talk to colleagues following a raid at a quarry at Trescagni, 22 September, a suspected mafia hide-out of the 'Laudani' clan in the Reggio di Calabria, allegedly used to hide victims. Police launched sweeping anti-mafia operations in several major Italian cities today, targetting particularly members of the oragnised crime networks based in the south and in Sicily. Sicilian magistrate meanwhile issued 122 arrest warrants for suspected members of the Laudai clan within the Cosa Nostra mafia, wanted mainly in connection with 42 murders linked to the drug traffic, extorsion rackets and loan-sacking. EPA/ANSA

Italian police on Thursday arrested 14 people in an international operation against the Calabria-based ‘Ndrangheta mafia.

The operation was aimed at the Muià ‘ndrina group, affiliated with the powerful clan Commisso from Siderno, police said.

The arrested people are accused among other things of transnational armed mafia association, illegal weapons possession, fraudulent transfer of assets, illegal exercise of credit, loan sharking and aiding and abetting, with the aggravating factor of using mafia methods.

On Wednesday, Italian police in collaboration with the American FBI made a huge operation against Cosa Nostra based in Sicily.

Via ANSA

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Another major operation against organized crime in Italy

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