ROME – Police across Europe have arrested more than 100 people in a crackdown on Italy’s most powerful mafia group.
They said it was the biggest operation to have ever been carried out against the ‘Ndrangheta – which is one of the largest crime networks in the world.
Ten countries were involved, with assets worth 25 million euros also seized.
Most of the arrests took place in Italy, with suspects facing charges of international drug trafficking, money laundering and possession of weapons.
Italian anti-mafia prosecutors said “Operation Eureka” was unprecedented in terms of scale.
It was part of a three-year investigation spanning Italy, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, Romania as well as Brazil and Panama, according to the EU’s law enforcement agency Europol.
In Italy 108 suspects were arrested and more than 1,000 officers were deployed from a unit that deals with organised crime and terrorism. (BBC)
