Some 38 more people have been placed
under investigation in two strands of a major Florence probe
into mafia vote buying and illegal toxic waste disposal by the
Calabrian 'Ndrangheta mafia in Tuscany, judicial sources said
Thursday.
The probe has uncovered links between Tuscan businessmen and the
Calabrian Mob, the sources said.
Some 26 more people including politicians, public officials and
businessmen linked to the Gallace Clan of Guardavalle near
Catanzaro were placed under investigation in the first strand.
A further 12 more were placed under investigation in the second
stand of the probe, including clan members, one regional
official and a regional councillor for the centre-left
Democratic Party (PD), Claudio Pieroni, who allegedly worked
hard to get an amendment on toxic waste disposal approved.
'Ndrangheta, which is Italy's richest and most powerful mafia,
has spread from its southern base to more affluent northern
Italian regions as well as most of the developed world.
It controls much of the European cocaine trade.
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