Police arrested 21 members of the Perna-Pranno clan of the 'Ndrangheta based in Cosenza on charges of mafia-type association, drug trafficking, extortion, theft and illegal possession of weapons. Including Gianfranco Sganga, 50 years old, and Alfonsino Falbo, 51, son-in-law of Franco Perna, historical leader of the Cosenza mafia. Sganga, who was released from prison in 2016 after a conviction for mafia association, quickly got back in charge of the gang. The headquarters of the group's criminal activities was the San Vito area and the historic center of Cosenza.