Italian Police Crack Down on Organized Crime

Italian police arrested more than 160 alleged members of a mafia group and seized millions of dollars in what was considered a major crackdown on organized crime. Speaking to reporters in Bologna, Italy’s anti-mafia chief prosecutor Franco Roberti hailed the operation as an "historic and unprecedented" blow for the group suspected for much of Europe’s cocaine trade.   “This is a deeply implanted and very dangerous criminal organization," he said about...

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