In Italy, have arrested 140 suspected Mafia

08.06.2011 14:47
Police in Italy on Wednesday, June 8, arrested more than 140 people on suspicion of links with the Mafia. As reported by Agence France-Presse, the arrests were carried out within the framework of large-scale operation against the security forces Calabrian crime syndicate "Ndrangeta.

Arrested, including several local politicians, suspected of drug trafficking, extortion and fraud.

The operation, codenamed "The Minotaur", held in Milan, Modena, Turin and Reggio Calabria, were employed about 1300 employees by the Italian police. Preceded by an investigation that lasted four years.

According to police, quoted by AFP, in only one in Turin during the raid, law enforcement officials seized assets for 70 million euros, including bank accounts, houses and land plots.

Criminal syndicate "Ndrangeta" comes from the poorest province of Calabria in Italy. At present Ndrangeta, the main source of which is the drug trade, is an extensive international criminal network, with an annual turnover of tens of billions of euros.

Earlier, in May 2011, Italian police conducted several successful operations against organized crime. So, on May 25 in Naples on suspicion of robbery, buying stolen goods and money laundering, was arrested one of the most wanted leaders of the Neapolitan Mafia Camorra Giuseppe Del'Akvila. In addition, according to a former member of the mafia, Del'Akvila involved in the killing over a hundred people.

Also, in several special operations in early May, the Italian police seized around 1.6 billion euros in two Neapolitan clans, Polverino and Mallard. Detention if caught several Mafia leaders.