Italian police on Tuesday
arrested 19 people linked to suspected drug trafficking between
South America and Italy run by the Calabria-based 'Ndrangheta
mafia.
A Roman broker, Mauro De Bernardis, was said to be the
ringleader of the gang that allegedly brought cocaine to Italy
hidden inside the catering containers of airlines.
The coke was headed for the Italian capital, police said.
'Ndrangheta, Italy's richest and most powerful mafia,
controls the European cocaine trade.
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