US EditionItalian Police Crack Down on Chinese Mafia: 13 Arrests in Nationwide Sweep
ITALY, AUG 4 – Italian authorities dismantled a billion-euro Chinese criminal network involved in trafficking, counterfeiting, and money laundering, seizing €741 million in assets and arresting 13 suspects.
- On August 4, Italian authorities conducted a nationwide operation across 25 provinces—including Milan and Rome—resulting in the arrest of 13 suspects linked to organized crime networks associated with the Chinese community.
- The operation was initiated following investigations into violent conflicts over territory among Chinese criminal organizations involved in offenses such as narcotics distribution, human trafficking, and serious assaults.
- Authorities conducted raids targeting criminal activities such as human trafficking, labor exploitation, counterfeit goods production, international money laundering, and dismantled a 3.4 billion euro tax fraud scheme.
- Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi emphasized the government's firm commitment through thorough investigations and expert efforts to safeguard law-abiding citizens and the national economy, while police confiscated 550 grams of crystal meth.
- The crackdown demonstrates Italy’s resolve to address foreign criminal organizations as a matter of national security, targeting the transnational operations and financial networks of Chinese organized crime.
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Italian law enforcement forces arrested 13 individuals and reported 31 others to the judicial authorities as part of a nationwide operation against the Chinese mafia.The crimes, whose clans of this mafia are accused, range from drug trafficking to trafficking in human beings through counterfeiting and the carrying of illegal weapons.
In a nationwide raid against the Chinese mafia, Italian police arrested a total of 13 people, accusing them of drug trafficking, pimping and robbery. Another 31 people were reported to the judicial authorities without being arrested. The raids took place in a total of 25 regions, including the areas around Milan, Rome, Florence, Catania in Sicily and the Tuscan city of Prato.
Italian Police Arrest 13 in Nationwide Crackdown on Chinese Mafia Groups
Italian police arrested 13 people in a nationwide sweep against Chinese organized crime groups, striking what authorities called a “double blow” to criminal networks accused of drug trafficking, labor and sex exploitation, and money laundering. Multiple coordinated operations conducted across a total of 25 provinces, including Milan, Rome, Florence, Prato, and Catania, targeted Chinese clans operating with mafia‑style intimidation and territoria…
Italian Police Crack Down on Chinese Mafia: 13 Arrests in Nationwide Sweep
Italian police arrested 13 individuals linked to Chinese mafia groups in a nationwide operation targeting crimes like drug dealing, sex trafficking, and robbery. Raids spanned 25 provinces, revealing organized crime activities that often target the Chinese community. The investigation ties into broader concerns of labor abuse in luxury brand supply chains.
Police officers from the Flying Squads of Ancona, Bergamo, Bologna, Brescia, Cagliari, Catania, Cosenza, Florence, Forlì-Cesena, Genoa, Latina, Mantua, Milan, Padua, Parma, Perugia, Pistoia, Prato, Reggio Emilia, Rome, Siena, Treviso, Udine, Verona, and Vicenza, coordinated by the Central Operations Service (SCO), conducted a high-impact operation targeting Chinese criminal organizations operating in Italy. Specifically, the officers, assisted b…
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