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...