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Dozens arrested in Swiss-Italian mafia sting operation

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 13:29:31 +0200

Italian and Swiss police have arrested 75 suspects in a vast operation against the 'Ndrangheta, the southern Italian mafia, seizing 169 million euros in goods.

PODCAST: The village that will pay you to move there – but what's the catch?

Fri, 24 Nov 2017 15:18:07 +0100

Is the mafia still a force to be reckoned with in today's Italy, and what does it do? Hear Jessica Phelan explain on this week's podcast.

Italian mafia drug lord arrested in Geneva pizza restaurant

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 12:17:13 +0200

Police in Geneva on Friday arrested a member of the ‘Ndrangheta mafia group in a pizza restaurant in the city’s Italianate district of Carouge.

Mafia suspects refuse to leave Switzerland

Thu, 17 Mar 2016 13:49:18 +0100

Switzerland cannot extradite two alleged mobsters to Italy because they don’t want to go.

Swiss swoop on fifteen alleged Italian mobsters

Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:41:53 +0100

Swiss authorities have arrested 15 people suspected of belonging to the powerful Italian 'Ndrangheta crime organisation and are holding them pending extradition, the government said on Tuesday.

Swiss officials deny Mafia arrests in Thurgau

Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:02:00 +0200

Justice officials in Bern are denying reports from Italian police that 16 alleged members of the Mafia were arrested in the town of Thurgau, a Swiss town, saying that investigations are still ongoing.

Swiss uncover mafia activity dating to 1994

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:10:00 +0200

Swiss prosecutors on Friday said that they had uncovered a mafia organisation that has been involved in drug and arms trafficking as well as money laundering dating as far back as 1994.

Mafia makes inroads in Switzerland

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:47:00 +0200

The Italian Mafia is becoming more and more active in Switzerland, according to an annual police report published Thursday. The country is mainly being used for money-laundering operations, the report says.