Major Mafia Bust in NYC and Italy

The F.B.I. and the Italian national police have arrested dozens of people with suspected ties to organized crime as part of a coordinated investigation into cocaine and heroin trafficking as well as money laundering, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday morning.

At least seven of the arrests were made overnight in the New York City area, the person said. The investigation is centered on the ‘Ndrangheta, the Mafia group from the Calabria region of Italy, the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss an ongoing operation. The individuals arrested in the New York area are expected to be arraigned in Federal District Court in Brooklyn later on Tuesday.

The F.B.I.'s New York office tweeted this morning that it was carrying out a “Major mafia round-up” but provided no additional details.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/nyregion/major-mafia-round-up-in-new-york-and-italy.html?_r=0

'Ndrangheta in NYC?? Interesting... this is breaking so for now thats all I know

Seven suspects with links to the Gambino crime family were arrested in New York City overnight in a joint U.S.-Italian anti-Mafia blitz targeting a trans-Atlantic cocaine trafficking route, officials say.

Italian and U.S. authorities said the "New Bridge" operation targeted the new drug-running route from South America to the southern Italian port of Gioia Tauro that united the U.S. branch of the Sicilian Mafia with the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate.

An undercover agent who befriended one of the suspects arrested in New York City is at the center of the operation, U.S. prosecutors tell NBC News. The agent later gained trust of both the Gambino family and 'Ndrangheta.

'Ndrangheta's reach extends to countries across Europe and the globe and Italian authorities consider it one of the most powerful and dangerous crime syndicates in the world.

Undercover agents in both countries prevented the delivery to Italy of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine hidden in shipments of coconuts and pineapples during the two-year investigation, officials said.

They also confiscated cash, heroin and marijuana.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Italy-New-York-Mafia-Gambino-Bust-244854771.html

7 gambino's arrested for a dope case

somebody is flipping.....football numbers is why nobody should sell dope or coke