31 people accused, in various capacities, of criminal association aimed at international drug trafficking - and with strong ties to South American drug trafficking, with fugitives and prominent members of organized crime - are recipients of precautionary custody orders carried out by the State Police in it is the scope of an operation coordinated by the Milan DDA that involves various regions and extends to the Netherlands, Spain and Lithuania.
Also under seizure a modern art gallery in Amsterdam in which, with false invoices, the proceeds of drug trafficking were laundered in the purchase of paintings and various works.
In all , there were 50 searches . The activity, coordinated by the prosecutor of the Milan DDA Silvia Bonardi, made use of international cooperation with Eurojust, Europol, the Central Operational Service of the Central Anti-Crime Directorate, Central Anti-Drug Services Directorate and International Police Cooperation Service - Interpol Division and Division SI.RE.NE.
The investigation began in September 2019 when a cell of Milanese traffickers was identified attributable to two entrepreneurs active in the restaurant sector. From them we traced back to an important international drug broker with direct connections with contacts on the national territory of organized crime in Campania, Puglia and Albania.
(Unioneonline / ss)
