Nearly 100 people were arrested on Monday at dawn in the administrative center pivdennoitaliyskoyi region Puglia – Bari during large-scale operations of law enforcement agencies to combat organized crime, officials said Carabinieri.
Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – April 26, 2021 – International News
The operation, codenamed “Mistral Whirlwind”, was carried out by the joint efforts of special police units and carabinieri in coordination with the local Anti-Mafia Office. The main blow of the militiamen was directed at the powerful mafia clan “Strishulo”, which controls almost all criminal activities in the city of Bari and the province of the same name.
96 people were sent to prison, three more are under house arrest. All of them have been charged with involvement in mafia activities, drug trafficking, extortion, grievous bodily harm, illegal possession and carrying of weapons, and other crimes. A total of 147 people are under investigation in this case.
Today’s arrests were the result of a lengthy investigation that detailed and documented the criminal hierarchy and methods of gangsters in control of the area from 2015 to the present. It is noteworthy that some mobsters involved in this case, the order of arrest were handed over in prison, where they are already serving sentences for other crimes.
Italian law enforcement authorities detained at the airport in Palermo Giuseppe Calvaruzo, who is considered the leader of a mafia group operating in one of the areas of the administrative center of the island of Sicily.
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Source: Ukrgate