Police in Bavaria said in a statement that police and tax investigators in Augsburg had been investigating the case for more than a year, under the leadership of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.
They are accused of forming a criminal organization and of tax evasion worth millions of euros. The synchronized raids were the result of a European investigation into a group, some of whom belong to the “Ndrangheta,” the most powerful mafia group in Italy. They said they would release more information after the raids had been completed.įor the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.
Police in Germany, Italy, and Bulgaria raided 46 residential and commercial buildings on Wednesday as part of a European probe into the Italian mafia, German police said.
