Italian police arrested more than 300 people from mafia of Calabria

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Italian police arrested more than 300 people in an operation in progress today from across the country against the powerful mafia of Calabria (Southern Italy).
These raids - which include arrests made in America - are followed by a lengthy investigation by the authorities of a Mafia clan, according to the Italian police, he specialized in crimes in the financial and corporate sector. Thanks to eavesdropping "extensive" could better understand how to operate the 'Ndrangheta, the Calabrian mafia which is much less known than the Sicilian Cosa Nostra.
Police said this mafia has expanded greatly since its stronghold in the south of the country to play an "important" in organized crime across Europe and the international trafficking of drugs originating in South America
The charges being brought against the 320 suspects ranging from money laundering to involvement with organized crime groups to crimes related to award of public contracts. This is a major anti-Mafia operations carried out in Italy in years.

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