More than 100 arrested in mafia crackdown across Europe
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- 03 May 2023
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Majority of raids in Italy and Germany as part of campaign against the Calabria-based ‘ndrangheta
Police have arrested more than 100 suspects – including “high value” figures – and raided homes across Europe in a crackdown on the Italian 'ndrangheta organised crime syndicate “We think that among the arrests were several persons of a high value who played a huge role in the organisation, not only in Belgium but in other European countries,” said Belgian federal prosecutor Antoon Schotsaert.
The swoop was part of an investigation spanning Italy, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, Romania as well as Brazil and Panama, according to EU law enforcement agency Europol.
The network was devoted primarily to international drug trafficking from South America to Europe and Australia, EU law enforecment agency Europol said in a statement.
In Germany, more than 1,000 officers searched dozens of homes, offices and stores in the states of Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia, prosecutors said in a joint statement.
In Italy, carabinieri police backed by helicopters served arrest warrants on 108 people who were accused, among other things, of mafia association; possession, production, and trafficking of drugs and weapons; and money laundering. Read More…
