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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Police detain 130 in raids across Europe targeting ’Ndrangheta mafia

Police officers escort a person out of a  house in Hagen, western Germany, as part of the operation against the ’Ndrangheta
Police officers escort a person out of a house in Hagen, western Germany, on Wednesday as part of the operation against the ’Ndrangheta. Photograph: Alex Talash/AFP/Getty Images

Police have arrested more than 130 people in coordinated raids in half a dozen European countries as part of a crackdown targeting the Italian ’Ndrangheta organised crime syndicate, prosecutors and police have said.

The suspects are mostly accused of money laundering, criminal tax evasion, fraud, drug possession, production and smuggling, mafia-type criminal association and the possession and trafficking of weapons, authorities said on Wednesday.

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