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After footage of the arrest of Settimo Mineo, one of the most feared leaders of the Sicilian mafia, was published less than 24 hours later, it was reported that "the first time" was reported. it was not an isolated action, but a much larger plan organized by several European police officers whose objectives seem to go beyond mere identification and identification. arresting serious names.
This Wednesday, more than 80 people were arrested as part of an action coordinated by Interpol and Eurojust, the majority accused of involvement in human trafficking. drugs and money laundering. On Tuesday, 45 people had been arrested and searches occurred almost simultaneously in Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands, but the target remains a target: the powerful Italian mafia Ndrangheta, whose headquarters is in Calabria. but considered by the authorities as one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in the world and the only one operating on every continent.
Europol called this operation "decisive" against "one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in the world", but prosecutor Federico Cafiero De Raho, known for his sympathy for the mafia members, said that this action would hardly affect the criminal network: "This is nothing for the Ndrangheta.Thousands of people should be arrested and several billion euros should be seized," said De Raho in The Hague.
These prisons are the culmination of an investigation, dubbed "Pollino", which began almost three years ago.
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