Police net 115 in national anti-mafia crackdown

Italian police have arrested at least 115 people in a clampdown on mafia arms and drugs trafficking.

Milan police arrested 34 people in pre-dawn raids in Milan, other northern cities, and in Catanzaro, Calabria, southern Italy, Milan police spokesman Roberto Robioni said. The suspects are thought to have ties with the 'ndrangheta crime syndicate, which is based in Calabria. A further eight were being sought.

Naples police arrested 81 people. More people were being arrested in Ecuador, Spain, Colombia, Bulgaria, the Netherlands and Germany, the Ansa news agency reported.