{{Italian police have arrested at least 50 people in a big anti-Mafia operation in the coastal region near Rome.}}<\/p>\n
About 500 police officers, backed by dog units, a helicopter and coastal patrol boats are involved.<\/p>\n
A police operation was also launched in the southern Calabria region, a hotbed of ‘Ndrangheta Mafia crime.<\/p>\n
The Rome crackdown, focused on the coastal suburb of Ostia, is said to be the largest yet in or near the capital. Three crime clans are being targeted.<\/p>\n
Italy’s Corriere della Sera says a “mortal blow” has been delivered to the Fasciani, Triassi and D’Agati clans, who have dominated organised crime for years in that region.<\/p>\n
The Triassi clan is reported to have close ties to the Sicilian Cosa Nostra crime network.<\/p>\n
Police had been able to monitor the mafiosi not only as they met to settle disputes and divide up territory, but also as they planned murders, Italian media report.<\/p>\n
The operation in the south led to 65 arrests, including doctors, lawyers and entrepreneurs, Italy’s Ansa news agency reports.<\/p>\n
Last October Italy’s central government sacked the entire council of Reggio Calabria, the biggest city in Calabria province.<\/p>\n
The tightly-knit ‘Ndrangheta operates across Europe and has connections with Colombian drug cartels. It is seen as more powerful than the Sicilian Mafia.<\/p>\n
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