Sixteen suspected 'Ndrangheta members taken into custody

(ANSA) - Reggio Calabria, July 31 - 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.