Big mafia money-laundering ring uncovered in Rome

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 9 - Rome DDA anti-mafia investigators have uncovered a major ring to launder the illegal earnings of crime syndicates in the Italian capital in a probe that started in 20218 and led to a major nationwide operation in which 18 people were arrested on Tuesday.
    Around 131 million euros worth of assets were seized in Tuesday's operation and a total of 57 people are under investigation.
    The 18 people arrested are allegedly members of two crime gangs and face charges that include mafia association, extortion, money-launder and self-laundering.
    They are accused of aiding the Mazzarella and D'amico Camorra clans, the Mancuso and Mazzaferro 'Ndrangheta clans and the Rome-based Senese clan. The arrested suspects include the sons of Enrico Nicoletti, a late member of the Banda della Magliana Roman gang, and of jailed Senese-clan boss Michele Senese - Antonio Nicoletti and Vincenzo Senese. (ANSA).