An operation of 500 carabinieri manages to arrest 61 members of the ‘Ndragheta in Italy

an operation of 500 agents ended this Wednesday with the arrest of 61 members of the ‘ndrangheta, the powerful Calabrian mafia. Despite the fact that the criminal organization is based in this region in the south of the country, the exercise has taken place throughout the Italian geography.

The militarized police, the carabinierihave informed this Wednesday that the investigation has allowed the opening of files to 167 people. Among those investigated is Andrea Nigliaformer president of the province of Vibo Valentia and former mayor of Briatico (Calabria), for alleged fraud aggravated by the mafia method.

Research has succeeded in creating “the map of geography” of the ‘Ndrangheta in the municipalities of Mileto, Filandari, Zungri, Briatico and Cessaniti, with the reconstruction of the roles, tasks and dynamics of the bosses, promoters, organizers and participants of the mafia associations, have detailed the local media.

Likewise, the main exponents of the ‘Ndrangheta families in the province of Vibo Valentia They ended up in handcuffs in a large operation that began at dawn throughout Italy with arrests in the regions of Calabria, lazio, lombardy, piedmont and veneto.

These clans, they add, stood out for their “strong economic-business vocation and the ability to weave smooth relationships with white collar workerspoliticians and representatives of public administrations”.

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The charges imputed to the detainees are those of mafia-like associationmafia-type electoral political exchange, violation of the weapons regulation, drug trafficcorruption, extortion and others.

According to prosecutors, the investigation, dubbed “Maestrale-Carthago” has shed light on how elements of organized crime have conditioned and directed the elections of some of the directors of Vibo Valentia medical centers, among other positions.

The Minister of the Interior, Matteo Piantedositoday applauded the operation against “this criminal association with ramifications throughout the national territory.” He also mentioned his satisfaction with another operation also carried out in Calabria against a transnational organization that was dedicated to human trafficking and in which 39 arrest warrants were issued.