International police operation targets powerful Italian mafia, makes over 100 arrests

Police across Europe arrested dozens of people and seized millions of euros in assets in a coordinated crackdown on Italy’s ’ndrangheta organized crime syndicate.
The operation aimed to dismantle a network that includes the n’drangheta, Colombian drug producers and paramilitary groups, and moves tons of cocaine to Europe and Australia each year.
The investigation uncovered how these networks used ports in Ecuador, Panama and Brazil to ship the Colombian drugs to northern European ports while also dealing in weapons.
Arrest warrants were served on 108 people in Italy, who were accused of mafia association; possession, production, and trafficking of drugs and weapons; money laundering; and other crimes.
Arrest warrants were also served in Belgium, France, Portugal, Romania and Spain, while raids were also conducted in Slovenia.