(ANSA) - Rome, January 9 - A huge operation led by the ROS
unit of the Carabinieri police saw 169 arrests of people
suspected of involvement in the 'Ndrangheta mafia in several
Italian regions and in Germany on Tuesday, sources said.
The operation stemmed from an investigation into the
activities of the Farao-Marincola clan.
The clan's infiltration of economic sectors allegedly allowed
it to structure itself as 'criminal holding' conducting business
worth millions of euros.
Assets worth over 50 million euros were seized and two mayors
in the province of Crotone, in the southern region of Calabria,
were among the people arrested.
Mafia op nabs 169 in Italy, Germany (2)
Investigation into Farao-Marincola 'criminal holding' clan