(ANSA) - Reggio Calabria, July 12 - Reggio Calabria
Carabinieri police early on Thursday arrested 13 alleged members
of the 'Ndrangheta local crime syndicate and entrepreneurs.
Police coordinated by DDA anti-mafia investigators in the
Calabrian city believe local 'Ndrangheta clans systematically
infiltrated construction work for wind farms in the provinces of
Reggio Calabria, Catanzaro, Crotone and Vibo Valentia.
The suspects allegedly extorted money from the companies
carrying out work for wind parks in Calabria through firms
controlled by local clans.
They are charged with, among other things, mafia association,
extortion, illicit competition through violence and threats,
damages aggravated by the mafia-style method and objective,
illicit methods in giving or promising profits.
13 nabbed in Calabria anti-Ndrangheta op
Suspects accused of infiltrating wind business