Those arrested included a former lawmaker, an ex-regional official, and a mayor.
MILAN – Police arrested more than 300 suspected members of the ’Ndrangheta criminal organization Thursday in Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Bulgaria in a major mafia crackdown.
In Italy, 2,500 officers participated in raids that targeted property valued at 15 million euros , focusing on the Calabrian town of Vibo Valentina but extending through much of the country. Those arrested included a former lawmaker, an ex-regional official, a mayor in Calabria, a political party official and a Carabinieri commander previously assigned to the Calabrian capital.
The suspects were held on suspicion of extortion, murder, money laundering and belonging to a Mafia organization. ‘’It is the biggest operation since the maxi-trial of Palermo,’’ anti-Mafia prosecutor Nicola Gratteri told the news agency ANSA. He referred to a trial against the Sicilian Mafia that lasted from 1986 to early 1992 and led to the convictions of more than 300 people.
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