UK Today News: Italian Police Mass Raid Suspected Mafia Members In Calabria
As many as 300 people have been suspected and arrested for crimes like murder, money theft and allegedly belonging to organized criminal groups in the southern regions of Calabria. Reports state that there have been some arrests in the United States America as well.
‘Ndrangheta the synonym for the Calabrian Mafia, is one of the many major groups of organized crime in Italy. The recent raids were the biggest one’s involving around 3,000 police officials in past few years.
The research has found that the ‘Ndrangheta has not limited itself to the Calabria, but has extended its wings all over Europe as well as the regions of South America in the drug trade.
‘Ndrangheta emerged as a powerful organized crime group in the late 1990’s but has not merged with the Sicilian Mafia so far. It works on its own inspite the closeness of their demographic areas.
