Blitz of the Italian, French and German police Nigerian Mafia, ten fugitives arrested in France and Germany Contested the mafia association: according to surveys the network used the Cara di Mineo, in Sicily, as a base
30 March 2019
Italian, French and German police joint operation. A dozen Nigerian citizens, all fugitives in Italy and considered members of a criminal organization that for some time operated in Sicily, were arrested in France and Germany. Contested the mafia association: according to surveys the network used the Cara di Mineo, in Sicily, as a base "A dozen Nigerian fugitives were arrested in France and Germany by the State Police, in collaboration with the French and German authorities. They were wanted on charges of mafia association, sexual violence, drug trafficking. They worked in Catania and, according to the accusations, they had the operative base in the Cara of Mineo that we are now progressively emptying. Thanks to investigators and law enforcement, no tolerance for mafiosi and delinquents, "says Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. They are all recipients of a European arrest warrant in relation to the order of application of a precautionary measure in prison issued against them on January 26th by the magistrate of the Court of Catania because they are held liable, in various capacities, for a mafia-type association, a finalized association to illicit drug trafficking, sexual violence and group sexual violence. Those arrested are considered members of a cultist Nigerian transnational criminal organization called "Vikings" or "Supreme Vikings Confraternity", also known as "Norsemen of Nigeria", part of a wider association rooted in Nigeria and widespread in several European states and non-European, characterized by the presence of an organizational structure of a hierarchical nature, of organs delegated to the coordination of the various groups spread in the territory of the Italian state and to the control of compliance with internal rules, as well as the presence of roles and positions having specific powers within of the associative structure. - See more at: http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/ar...aa4c9cf-2470-40c0-84f4-8dc3c729b835.html