Italian police in the province of Catanzaro on Friday carried out a crime- busting blitz against the ‘Ndrangheta mafia operating in the city of Lamezia Terme
Police dragged away in handcuffs, 12 alleged members of the ‘Ndrangheta Giampà clan , accused of mafia association, extortion and acts of intimidation with explosives
According to investigators, the suspects are new generation of leaders of the same faction , who were striving to strengthen finances and resurrect the weakened ranks of the organization
The new chiefs in charge ordered vicious acts of intimidation in the extortion of entrepreneurs, and in one instance, had a bomb placed near the entrance gate of the villa of an entrepreneur, whom they extorted for a 100 thousand euros
Some money from the rapacious extortion racket was set aside for the families of detained members of the Giampà clan
