Twelve people, including allegedly affiliated with the 'Ndrangheta and colluding entrepreneurs , were arrested in Reggio Calabria during an operation conducted by the Dia and the Guardia di Finanza on directives of the district anti-mafia Directorate.

The operation, called "Planning", made it possible to defeat a criminal association that involves entrepreneurs and families of the 'Ndrangheta aimed at infiltrating some clans in the construction sector and in large-scale food distribution.

Arrests and searches, as part of the operation, also in Lombardy, Abruzzo and Lazio.

Those arrested are accused, for various reasons, of mafia association and external involvement in the same crime, as well as of criminal association, use of money of illicit origin, self-laundering and fraudulent transfer of values, all crimes aggravated by mafia methods .

At the center of the investigation the De Stefano 'ndrangheta clan and its relations with some entrepreneurs of Reggio Calabria. Eight of the 12 people involved in the operation ended up in prison, the remaining four were placed under house arrest.

(Unioneonline / D)

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