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The operation where 108 people related to 'Ndragheta' were arrested, VOA: The largest carried out against the Calabrian mafia

2023-05-03 18:17:23Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The operation where 108 people related to 'Ndragheta' were arrested,
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More than 100 people were arrested on Wednesday as part of a police operation that spread across many European countries to crack down on the Italian mafia group "Ndrangheta". According to Europol and Italian police authorities, the arrested members of the mafia organization are suspected of being involved in arms trafficking, drug trafficking, money laundering and other criminal activities.

The operation to strike the criminal organization "Ndrangheta" was part of a wide-ranging investigation in several European countries, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia and Romania, as well as in Brazil and Panama, the European law enforcement agency announced. Europol, through a statement.

Italian police said 108 people were arrested in Italy and other European Union countries at the behest of police in the southern Calabrian city of Reggio Calabria.

According to Italian authorities, the investigation led to the arrest of 15 people in Belgium and 24 others in Germany, while another 53 people were detained in Northern Italy.

Belgian officials said the police operation was carried out as part of an investigation by the Belgian Prosecutor's Office, perhaps the largest ever carried out against the Calabrian mafia.

The spokesman for the Belgian federal prosecution said that this could be the biggest operation ever carried out in Europe to crack down on the Calabrian mafia; 1,000 police were involved in raids carried out in Germany and another 1,400 in police interventions in Italy.

"As part of this operation led by the Federal Prosecutor's Office of Belgium, this morning the police made 150 checks in 8 European countries. In our country, 13 people were detained and interrogated. Each of those arrested is suspected of being a member of the Italian mafia organization 'Ndrangheta, said Eric Van Duyse, spokesman for the Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office.

"They are suspected of a number of crimes in Belgium such as participating in drug trafficking, mainly cocaine from South America to Western Europe and laundering the profits of drug trafficking through various legal companies. So there is a direct link between the money of gained from drugs and the real economy".

In Germany, the police announced that the arrested persons are suspected of being involved in criminal activities, such as money laundering, fraud and drug trafficking.

"The profits from the international trafficking of cocaine and arms trade are huge. We are dealing with dirty money, which is laundered through small businesses or restaurants," said Ludwig Waldinger, spokesman for the Bavarian police.

Sipas policisë së shtetit në Bavari, këto arrestime u kryen pas një hetimi 3-vjeçar të koduar “Operacioni Eureka”. Hetuesit italianë dhe belgë dyshojnë se grupi kriminal ka trafikuar afro 25 tonë kokainë midis muajve tetor 2019- janar 2022 dhe ka pastruar rreth 22 milionë euro ( 24,2 milionë dollarë amerikanë) në Belgjikë, Holandë dhe Amerikën e Jugut, si të ardhura të përfituara nga veprimtaria kriminale.

Ndërkohë, sipas deklaratës së Europol-it, aktiviteti kriminal i grupit “Ndrangheta” ishte përqëndruar kryesisht në trafikun ndërkombëtar të drogës nga Amerika e Jugut në Evropë dhe Australi.

Grupi 'Ndrangheta ishte i përfshirë në trafikimin e armëve nga Pakistani në Amerikën e Jugut, duke furnizuar grupin kriminal brazilian PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital) në këmbim të dërgesave të kokainës, shtoi Europol-i.

The 'Ndrangheta, which has its roots in the southern Italian region of Calabria, has overtaken Cosa Nostra as the most powerful mafia group in the country and one of the largest criminal networks in the world./VOA


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