The sting was part of a wider operation to crack down on crimes including fraud and drug-trafficking.
Italian police have arrested a further 61 suspected members of Italy's most powerful mafia, the 'Ndrangheta, in a series of raids across seven regions.
They are suspected of crimes including fraud, drug-trafficking, infiltrating government and extorting local farmers. More than 500 police officers were involved in the operation, which targeted 167 people in total - including dozens currently in prison.in what police said was the biggest operation to have ever been carried out against the 'Ndrangheta.The investigation also revealed important new information about how some of the highest levels of the group operate - including during the Covid pandemic.
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