Over 100 arrested in European swoop on 'Ndrangheta crime group

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Police guide an arrested person out of a residential house in Hagen, western Germany on May 3.ALEX TALASH/AFP/Getty Images Police across Europe on Wednesday arrested more than 100 people in a crackdown on members of the Italian 'Ndrangheta organized crime group, suspected of involvement in drugs and weapons trafficking, including some "high value" figures in the group. "We think that among the arrests were several persons of a high value who played a huge role in the organization, not only in Belgium but in other European countries," said Belgian federal prosecutor Antoon Schotsaert. The swoop was part of an investigation…