2023-05-03 10:28:34
The operation was organized as part of an investigation by the Belgian federal prosecutor. There are arrests in Germany, France, Portugal, Italy and Spain
The anti-mafia macro operation launched this Wednesday in various European countries focuses on “more than a hundred suspected members of the Calabrian mafia”, the ‘Ndranghetareported the Belgian prosecutor, adding that about twenty raids were carried out in Belgium.
The ‘Ndrangheta, which has its roots in the southern region of Calabria, the toe of the boot Italiahas surpassed Cosa Nostra as the most powerful mafia group in the country and one of the largest criminal networks in the world.
The Carabinieri made 108 arrests across the country in an investigation based in the southern city of Reggio Calabria, it said in a statement. Another 15 people were detained in the northwestern port of Genoa.
This “large-scale operation” was organized within the framework of a “dossier opened by the Belgian federal prosecutor”, in cooperation with the Belgian judicial police and the European agencies Europol and Eurojust, the same source explained. According to the German authorities, this Wednesday similar devices were carried out in Germany, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
Among those detained in Germany were four people in bavaria, 15 in North Rhine-Westphalia y 10 in the state of Rhineland-Palatinatein the southwest of Germany.
Police have seized potential evidence in dozens of places, including homes and offices.
The suspects are accused of money launderingEvasin fiscal criminal, fraud y drug smugglingaccording to the Düsseldorf, Koblenz, Saarbrucken and Munich public prosecutors in a joint statement with the state police in Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.
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