MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 09th February, 2021) Italian police on Tuesday arrested 18 people suspected of illegally trafficking waste, including radioactive substances in the country's northern town of Lecco, media reported.
According to the Ansa news agency, the gang is suspected of being associated with the 'Ndrangheta mafia, Italy's richest and most powerful crime syndicate.
The arrested have been charged with mafia association, conspiracy to traffic illegal waste, tax fraud, money laundering, usury and extortion, the agency reported.
Lecco police have carried out sweeps in nearby regions on the trails of the gang. The police has seized a consignment of radioactive and toxic waste.
