'Ndrangheta in Mantua, corruption on post-earthquake reconstruction: 10 precautionary measures

Dozens of searches in Lombardy, Emilia Romagna, Veneto and Calabria. At the center of the investigation is a technical instructor, nephew of a boss of the Dragon clan who imposed his companies on those who asked for funds for the reconstruction

They called it "Sisma operation" and it goes back more than ten years, to the earthquake that hit Mantua in 2012: the Carabinieri of the Provincial Command of Mantua, at the conclusion of investigations coordinated by the Dda of Brescia, carried out this morning at dawn an order for the precautionary custody of 10 people under investigation for extortion, corruption and fictitious registration of companies", with the aggravating circumstance of mafia purposes, for having facilitated the 'Ndrangheta Dragone clan .

The operation is underway in Lombardy, Emilia Romagna, Veneto and Calabria. The crimes were allegedly committed as part of the procedures for granting 'earthquake funds' for the reconstruction of buildings damaged by the 2012 earthquake in the province of Mantua.