Sixteen suspected
'Ndrangheta members were taken into pre-charge custody on
Thursday as part of an investigation into the Cacciola clan of
the Calabrian mafia in Rosarno.
The investigation involves accusations of international
cocaine trafficking, kidnapping, and forcing people into
slavery.
Some of the arrest orders were being carried out in Germany
and the Netherlands, besides those in Italy's Reggio Calabria
region.
The investigation began in 2006 and gathered speed when a
woman from the clan came forward alleging that she was reduced
to slavery after being held responsible by the clan for her
husband's suicide.
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