This is the largest operation in the history of the city.
The Roman police had seized eight luxury villas, which were built by members of a mafia clan “Casamonica” on the outskirts of the eternal city. The house will destroy the bulldozers.
The operation involved 600 police officers. By their actions watched by the Minister of internal Affairs of Italy Salvini and the mayor of Rome VA Raja.
“Italian police on Tuesday seized eight luxury villas, illegally built in Rome the famous and strong mafia clan, during a RAID with the participation of nearly 600 police officers”, – is spoken in the message of Reuters.
The operation began at sunrise. During the searches police found the drugs.
The villas lived about 30 family members of the clan. Some of them fled from the police cars, some ran on foot, as reported by the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
The police of Rome has placed video of the interior of luxurious villas with frescoed ceilings, gilded furniture and figurines.
For several decades the clan Casamonica was engaged in criminal activity in the South-East of Rome. The new government of Italy continued to threaten the property of the clan, which was formed by the Roma. In June some members of the “Casamonica” criticized the plan of the Italian head of the interior Ministry to conduct a census of Roma in Italy.
Party Minister Salvini “Northern League” has focused anti-immigrant policy.
According to the mayor of the city of Virginia Raja, villas in the district of Quadraro was built in violation of Roman rules for the construction and landscape. Some of the houses are “kept entire section of the historic aqueduct Felice,” said the leader of the city.
Mrs. Raja called the police operation, the most impressive of the Roman operations against the mafia in history.