Calabria’s regional assembly President arrested for links with Ndrangheta mafia

cde.news desk 21 November 2020, 07:51 · 1 min read

epa07210568 The logo of Italy's National Antimafia and Counter-terrorism Directorate (DNA, Direzione nazionale antimafia e antiterrorismo) is seen during a press conference about details of an operation against The 'Ndrangheta (Mafia-type organized crime group) in Europe and South America that led to the arrest of 90 people, in Rome, Italy, 05 December 2018. Police raids across Europe (Belgium, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands) resulted in the arrest of several members of the Calabrian mafia, which is heavily involved in cocaine trade. EPA-EFE/MASSIMO PERCOSSI

Domenico Tallini, the president of the Calabria regional assembly, was put under house arrest by Carabinieri police on Thursday in relation to alleged links to the southern region’s powerful ‘Ndrangheta mafia.

The 68-year-old member of the centre-right Forza Italia (FI) party is accused of external involvement in mafia association and the exchange of favours with the mafia for election purposes.

The case concerns alleged links to the Grande Aracri ‘Ndrangheta clan for the creation of a Catanzaro-based company for the distribution of medicines via a network of pharmacies.

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