Maxi-blitz against the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria .

Carabinieri, Police and Guardia di Finanza, with the coordination of the Anti-Mafia Prosecutor of Catanzaro, have carried out over two hundred precautionary custody orders in Cosenza and the province . Local administrators, professionals, entrepreneurs and members of organized crime are involved in the operation.

The measures were issued by the district magistrate of the capital at the request of the DDA, directed by Nicola Gratteri .

Among those arrested also the mayor of Rende, the lawyer Marcello Manna , who was placed under house arrest.

During the operation, assets worth over 72 million euros were also seized .

Along the list of crimes hypothesized for various reasons by the investigators: criminal association aimed at drug trafficking aggravated by mafia methods and purposes, criminal association aimed at committing crimes inherent in the illicit organization of gaming activities - also of gambling - and betting , money laundering, self-laundering and fraudulent transfer of assets and values, as well as numerous other crimes, also aggravated by mafia methods and purposes.

(Unioneonline / lf)

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