An Italian court in Rome indicted six suspected mafia members on money laundering charges and dropped charges against three others, reports Ansa News
Six suspected members of the Gallico clan of the Calabria-based ‘Ndrangheta mafia are accused of stashing money made from mafia rackets into Roman restaurants, bars and businesses including the Antico Cafe’ Chigi, near the Italian premier’s office in Rome
Anti-Mafia prosecutors say a probe revealed the suspects used dummy owners in a sophisticated scheme to launder mafia money
The six suspects will go to trial with a first hearing on November 13.
Italian police in November seized another 150 million euros worth of assets, includinga luxury hotel in Rome and a four-star hotel in the Calabrian beach town Palmi from father and son entrepreneurs also accused of links to the Gallico clan.
