Germany and Italy arrested more than 30 in the Mafia Food Survey news

The German police officer is among those who are being held in raids against “Ndrangheta” due to expensive food sales and equipment.

The German and Italian authorities arrested dozens of suspects, including a policeman, in raids against the NDRANGHETA criminal organization for fraud that involves the sale of expensive food and pizza equipment.

“Ndrangheta” is the richest and strongest mafia in Italy, and it is strongly involved in drug smuggling and controlling the largest part of the cocaine that flows into Europe.

Hundreds of law enforcement officials conducted about 40 searches in four German states and several regions of Italy as part of a five -year achievement that included cooperation from the International Police Organization Interpol.

German police said on Tuesday that fourteen suspects, including a 46 -year -old police officer accused of supporting the gang, were arrested in West Germany, and 20 were arrested in Italy on Tuesday.

Eurojust, the European Union Judicial Agency, which coordinated the raids, said she is accused of “detailed fraud with high -value food products, such as expensive cheese and olive oil, as well as kitchen equipment to produce pizza.”

The suspects were also accused of other crimes, including intentional burning, drug trafficking and tax evasion.

The alleged food was fraudulent in Stuttgart and Germany around and around, and included suspects who demonstrate as representatives of German food companies who then targeted Italian companies, according to German Public Prosecutor Joachim Dietrich.

They requested large quantities of food and equipment in the name of a fake company, but they did not pay, which led to the losses of hundreds of thousands of euros to suppliers.

Then it was claimed that the suspects pressed the Italian restaurants in the German city and around them to buy supplies, and companies agreed to avoid possible revenge.

Italian prosecutors said that the victims were Italian from Calabria, the southern region of the country where Nadranga is located.

The police officer accused the detainee of disclosing secret information to help the suspects.