About 100 arrested !

It concerns dozens of raids in the Netherlands, but more information can not yet be provided by a spokesperson for the Public Prosecution Service.

In Germany, the raids are focused on the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where the mafia has traditionally had a large presence. There were also raids in Bavaria and Thuringia. The raids follow years of investigative work, which also involved officers from Switzerland. The raids are coordinated by the EU's Judicial Cooperation Unit, Eurojust.

In Germany, it's the biggest police operation against a mafia clan by German police on German soil, Der Spiegel news magazine reported. Germany's counter-terrorism unit GSG9 is also involved in the operation. Around 100 locations were raided, among them pizza restaurants, German daily Bild reports.