Carabinieri, State and finance police
on Tuesday staged a huge operation in Cosenza and in other
Italian cities targetting the Calabria-based 'Ndrangheta mafia.
In total 142 suspects were hit by the operation, with most
arrested and taken to jail.
Twenty of the suspects were put under house arrest while 12 are
obliged to live in a certain area and sign in regularly with the
authorities.
One of the suspects is a finance police officer who has been
suspended.
The suspects have been charged with felonies including mafia
association and criminal conspiracy for drug trafficking with
mafia methods an aggravating factor.
The 'Ndrangheta has become Italy's biggest, richest and most
powerful mafia due to its control of the European cocaine
market.
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