The operation is called "European 'Ndrangheta Connection" and the investigations are still going on.

"The advantage of this investigation - according to the chief prosecutor of Reggio Calabria, Giovanni Bombardieri. - is that there has been coordination, collaboration between different authorities and judicial police in different European countries". The investigation under the aegis of Eurojust allowed to obtain great results never achieved before at European level, with numerous arrests and seizures of large quantities of drugs.

The suspects are of different nationalities: Italian, Turkish, Dutch, Moroccan and German. The various origins of those arrested also make us understand that in Germany the 'Ndrangheta is now a fully operational international criminal organization. "The 'ndrangheta - underlines Bombardieri -, as it happened many years ago in Northern Italy, presented itself with financial investments. The danger of this criminal organization was not felt because it did not present its completely illegal face. Today the 'ndrangheta has its full danger because it is delocalizing its criminal activities ".

According to Bombardieri the 'Ndrangheta now operates more in Germany than in Italy also because German legislation is still very lacking in the fight against the mafias.