Carabinieri arrest 39 to break up new Brenta crime gang

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 30 - Carabinieri police arrested 39 former members of the Brenta crime gang in Venice and other Italian cities overnight, sources said on Tuesday.
    The suspects were allegedly seeking to reform the mafia-style gang that ran rackets in the Brenta area of Veneto in the 70s and 80s.
    The probe is linked to an investigation coordinated by Venice anti-mafia prosecutors in which around 80 people are being probed for crimes including drugs trafficking, robbery and extortion, the sources said. (ANSA).