Italian officials arrested more than 130 people It is suspected to belong to ‘Ndrangheta’, one of the main mafia organizations in Italy and Europe, as shared by the Italian Guardia di Finanza in a press release on Tuesday.
The arrest took place in two operations carried out on Italian soil. 65 people were detained in the southern region of the peninsula. calabria and in 13 cities BresciaIt was christened ‘Blue Notte’ (Blue night) during the operation.
The Italian Prosecutor General’s Office accuses the detainees of establishing a mafia organization, drug trafficking, money laundering and extortion. Most are in prison, the rest are under house arrest or under investigation.
A second operation was carried out against the criminal organization on the island. SicilyIt resulted in 60 detainees, 48 of whom were sent to prison and accused of drug trafficking between the regions of Calabria and Sicily.
Italian police sources say that the operations carried out Learn more about the inner workings of the criminal group ‘Ndrangheta’especially from the Belloco clan, whose members have been involved in drug and weapons smuggling for several generations.
After the death of the head of the family in October, the patriarch Bellocco Umbertonickname Assi i Mazzi‘, namesake’s grandson, nickname’chiacchera‘, the command took his place. The clan is located in the municipality of Rosarno, close to the port of Giogia Tauro, which is considered a hotspot for international drug trafficking.