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July 12, 2010

Mass arrests of Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta mafia in Italy

320 people have been arrested by Italian police in dawn raids across Italy.
“This was a huge operation involving some 3,000 carabinieri [police],” reports the BBC’s Duncan Kennedy. People were arrested “on suspicion of crimes including murder, money laundering and belonging to a criminal organisation.”
There have also been associated arrests in the US.

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