Italian police on Tuesday arrested 54 alleged mobsters and seized 25 million euros' (34 million dollars') worth of assets, in a nationwide operation targeting one of the most dangerous clans of the Calabrian Mafia, the Ndrangheta, dpa reported. The arrested were accused of large-scale drug and weapons trafficking. Authorities said they also controlled gambling arcades and health clinics in their home region of Calabria, as well as in Rome and Umbria. "Investigations took two years: We closed in on these gangsters, shedding light on the illicit activities of the Mole crime family from Gioia Tauro, one of the most dangerous and powerful," Carabinieri police commander Mario Parente told the Adnkronos news agency. -- SPA 23:14 LOCAL TIME 20:14 GMT تغريد
