Italian police on Tuesday made 31
arrest as they hit the Casamonica Roman crime family.
Six people are missing and presumed to be on the run, police
said.
The arrests were made in the Italian capital and in the
provinces of Reggio Calabria and Cosenza in Calabria, police
said.
The suspects are accused of creating an organisation
dedicated to drug trafficking, extortion and loan sharking, all
aggravated by using mafia methods.
Among those arrested is Domenico Spada of the eponymous Rome
and Ostia crime family, aka Vulcano and a former boxing
champion.
"They didn't need to use violence, the Casamonica name was
enough," said anti-mafia prosecutor Michele Prestipino.
Locales in Rome including a disco in Testaccio and a
restaurant near the Pantheon were sequestered.
Searches turned up 50,000 euros in cash, current accounts,
cars and dozens of luxury watches.
Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi said "the Carabinieri operation
went very well, my compliments".
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said "we are winning against
organised crime".
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