Police on Thursday staged a big
operation to gather evidence for a probe into a group of
far-right extremists who allegedly wanted to found a new Nazi
party in Italy.
The homes of 19 alleged right-wing extremists in various
parts of Italy were searched.
The suspects allegedly wanted to create an openly pro-Nazi,
xenophobic, anti-Semitic group called the "Partito
Nazionalsocialista Italiano dei Lavoratori" - the Italian
National Socialist Workers' Party.
Some of the suspects allegedly had access to arms and
explosives and conducted recruitment activities on social media.
Among the people implicated in the probe is an ex-con who is
thought to be a senior figure in the Calabria-based 'Ndrangheta
mafia.
This person is a former State witness and a former member of
the Forza Nuova far-right group, sources said.
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