(ANSA) - Rome, June 19 - Italian State and Carabinieri police
and Spain's Guardia Civil carried out a huge operation to arrest
58 people on Tuesday and break up an alleged ring involved in
drug dealing, money laundering, loan sharking, extortion and
kidnapping.
The suspects were arrested in Rome, the Italian regions of
Sardinia, Molise and Piedmont, and in Spain, and the charges
cited the use of mafia methods as an aggravating factor.
Drugs, loan-sharking ring busted, 58 arrested (2)
Mafia methods cited as aggravating factor in charges