Police in Bergamo on Monday arrested 10 people, including several public officials, charged with aggravated abetting of illegal immigration, fraudulent misrepresentation committed by public officials, corruption and of forging documents to issue residency permits.
The so-called 'Yuan' police operation was carried out in Bergamo, Milan and Novara.
Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, the leader of the anti-migrant Euroskeptic League party, praised the police operation saying that "good times are over" for the "business of mass immigration".
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