Almost 30 people were arrested in the joint dedication of the police in Italy and Germany against Mafia and organized crime. Among the arrested people is also a German police officer who reportedly supported the Mafia.
The Italian police said there were 29 arrests in different provinces in Italy and in the southern German state of Baden-Württemberg, 20 of them in Italy, the Italian police said. The suspects are accused of a connection with the Ndrangheta of the Calabrian Mafia.
Among the arrested people is also a German police officer who reportedly supported the Mafia, as the public prosecutor and the police in Waiblingen say. The police officer belongs to the State Police of Baden-Württemberg that the 46-year-old police chief has been published for betrayal.
The police in Aalen had announced in the morning that investigations were ongoing in various German federal states and Italy and there were arrests. Several hundred police officers in Germany performed with a raid against the Mafia and organized crime.
The obligation goes back to an investigation cooperation with the Italian authorities to combat the Mafia and organized crime. According to information from the Ministry of the Interior of April 2024, around 170 people live in the German state of Baden-Württemberg that are attributed to organized crime. Active Mafia organizations are `ndrangheta, Cosa Nostra, Camorra and Sacra Corona Unita
According to the ministry, the crimes of the Italian Mafia vary from fraudulent action with food to illegal drug trafficking, arms violations and money laundering into tax fraud.
Source: Krone
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