ITALY-GERMANY: Nearly 170 arrested in anti-mafia operation

Police in Italy and Germany have made 169 arrests in an anti-mafia swoop, Italian police say. Assets worth €50m (£44.06m; $59.79m) were seized in the operation targeting the ‘Ndrangheta organised crime group. As part of the group’s activities, German restaurants were forced to buy wine, pizza dough and pastries made in southern Italy, police say.  […]

Police in Italy and Germany have made 169 arrests in an anti-mafia swoop, Italian police say.

Assets worth €50m (£44.06m; $59.79m) were seized in the operation targeting the ‘Ndrangheta organised crime group.

As part of the group’s activities, German restaurants were forced to buy wine, pizza dough and pastries made in southern Italy, police say. 

Those arrested include the president of Crotone province, Nicodemo Parrilla, in Italy’s Calabria region.

The investigation focused on the Farao-Marincola gang, one of the strongest in Calabria, Italian news agency Ansa reports, quoting police. 

In Germany, arrests were made in the Hessen and Baden-Württemberg regions.