The Milan branch of the Italian DDA
anti-mafia unit has targeted drug trafficking activities by a
branch of the organized crime group 'Ndrangheta, originally from
the southern Calabria region.
An operation was begun by the Carabinieri in the early
morning hours of Tuesday to arrest 21 individuals on charges of
criminal association for drug trafficking, with the aggravating
circumstance of using mafia-type methods.
The arrests have taken place in the Milan, Monza and Brianza,
Perugia, Alessandria, Catanzaro, Rome, Varese and Vercelli
provinces.
Measures have also been carried out in Germany.
The investigation began after the Bareggio arrest in
flagrante delicto in September 2015 of one of those under
investigation, who was found in possession of 30 kilograms of
cocaine.
The soldiers discovered the existence of an association based
in Arluno, near Milan, and connected with the 'Ndrangheta family
Gallace, which holds sway over Guardavalle near Catanzaro and
which has branches both in Lombardy and in the Lazio towns of
Anzio and Nettuno.
The mafia-type criminal organization, the latest in a long
string of similar ones to make their appearance in the Milan
area, allegedly controlled immense trafficking of cocaine and
imports of the illegal substance from South America.
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