Camorra-linked European forger gang busted
44 arrests, in Italy France and Belgium

(ANSAmed) - ROME, JUL 16 - Italian and French police on Thursday busted a Camorra-linked European forging gang.

Police said they had uncovered a "vast network" of counterfeiters linked to the Campanian mafia. They made 44 arrests, 40 of them in Italy and the remaining four in France and Belgium.

The operation was coordinated by Europol. Police seized some eight million euros in cash and another eight million in assets.