The carabinieri del Ros and the provincial command of Reggio Calabria arrested 108 people – 85 in prison – in execution of four precautionary custody orders issued by the investigating judge at the request of the Reggio Dda. The suspects are accused in various capacities of mafia association; external competition and international drug trafficking with the aggravating circumstance of transnationality and large quantities; arms trafficking, including for war; recycling; aiding and abetting; fraudulent transfer and procured non-compliance with the penalty. The operation, called ‘Eureka’, particularly affected the Nirta-Strangio gangs of San Luca and Morabito di Africo Coordinated by the prosecutor Giovanni Bombardieri, the deputy Giuseppe Lombardo and the prosecutors Diego Capece Minutolo and Giovanni Calamita, the operation is taken not only in the province of Reggio. The blitz, in fact, also involved the carabinieri in the areas of Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Pescara, Milan, Salerno, Catania, Savona, Bologna, Vicenza, L’Aquila, Ancona, Rome and Cagliari. The investigating judges Karin Catalano, Claudio Treglia, Vincenzo Quaranta and Valerio Trovato signed the ordinances. The details of the operation will be illustrated during a press conference scheduled for 10.30 in the auditorium of the Carabinieri School of Reggio Calabria. REPRODUCTION RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
