'Ndrangheta in Lombardy: 30 arrests for drugs, extortion and usury

Operation by the state police, coordinated by the Milan anti-mafia district directorate. Two associations dismantled

Anti-mafia and anti-drug operation in Lombardy. The state police, coordinated by the Milan anti-mafia district directorate, carried out 30 precautionary custody orders - 25 in prison and five under house arrest - between Lombardy, Piedmont and Calabria. According to investigators, two organizations linked to the 'Ndrangheta based in the Como area were dismantled. Forty people are under investigation, including several residents between Milan and the hinterland. Among those arrested also a resident of Cernusco sul Naviglio and one of Nerviano.

The alleged crimes are various: criminal association aimed at drug trafficking with the aggravating circumstance of armed association, usury, extortion with the aggravating circumstance of the mafia method, self-laundering linked to the reuse of the proceeds of drug dealing for the purchase of premises and financing of companies . And, again, fictitious registration, undue receipt of public funds in relation to obtaining mortgages through guarantee funds with the presentation of false documentation.

A dense network structured hierarchically in which everyone had a specific role, from the top to the delivery boys. A criminal syndicate where hashish, cocaine and marijuana were supplied, packaged and placed on the market. It is a precise system aimed at evading controls especially in transport.