Twelve people believed to be linked to the Piromalli clan were arrested this morning by the carabinieri as part of an operation, called "Geolja", coordinated by the Reggio Calabria anti-mafia district directorate. The blitz started at dawn between Gioia Tauro and Milan where the military of the provincial command carried out a precautionary custody order issued by the investigating judge at the request of the prosecutor Giovanni Bombardieri and the adjunct Gaetano Paci.

The suspects - ten in prison and two under house arrest - are accused, in various capacities and in concurrence with each other, of criminal association of the mafia type, fraudulent transfer of values ​​and illegal competition with threats or violence with the aggravating circumstance of the use of the mafia method.