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Spanish police announced Tuesday (5) the arrest of 14 members of a violent arm of the Italian Camorra operating on the Costa del Sol in the south of the country.
The detainees are British, Italians, Spaniards, Romanians and Dominicans who participated in the Marranella clan of the Camorra.
According to the police, the group allegedly stole hashish from rival drug traffickers and transported the drugs for sale in Rome. According to the authorities, seven other people are currently under investigation.
The police release also explains that, to a lesser extent, they also bought narcotics with the collaboration of a group of Britons in Campo de Gibraltar, a region of the province of Cadiz (which is the only one). 39, one of the country's main drug trafficking centers). .
Robberies were perpetrated with extreme violence, with guns being used to kidnap other drug traffickers.
Hashish was transported to Rome in rented trailers. The trip was made by a man and a woman engaged by the group in order to give the impression of a holiday trip and not to arouse suspicion.
The group was led by a man and his two sons belonging to the Marranella clan.
During the operation, with the cooperation of the Italian police, the agents seized half a ton of hashish in Spain, Italy and France.
The Camorra, which has its roots in the Naples area, is one of the top three organized crime groups in Italy, alongside the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, known as the Mafia and the # 39, Ndrangheta of Calabria.
The leaders of the Camorra call the Spanish Mediterranean coast "Costa Nostra" (Our coast), according to the Italian journalist Roberto Saviano, who investigated the crime committed in Naples.
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