Mob chiefs reeling as crime war now global

Greg Garraway
4/1/2011
Blog 10
7:42 A.M

Mob chiefs reeling as crime war now global

The article I chose is about Italy's most powerful mafia organization, and how several members were arrested. The police operation spanned over three continents, and involved Italy, Germany, and arrest warrants were issued for other people in Canada and Australia. "The 41 suspects are all alleged members of the 'Ndrangheta, the organisation based in Calabria that is now considered to be more powerful than the Cosa Nostra of neighbouring Sicily. Police said the extent of the operation showed how the 'Ndrangheta had spread beyond its provincial roots to become one of the world's most effective cocaine-trafficking networks." The gang's name 'Ndrangheta means "virtue" in the local dialect, and the gang makes billions of euros a year trafficking cocaine around the world from South America. Those who were arrested were charged with a variety of offenses such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and possession of firearms. This operation was a follow up to a raid in Italy from last year July, where 300 'Ndragheta gang members were arrested.
Analysis: The widespread range of these criminals not only in their own country but in other continents as well is a global issue. The members are growing even though about 300 were arrested last year the numbers still seem to rise from time to time. The gangs and crime will never go away but police are doing good on cracking down and arresting members of gangs. Its seems that no matter that thousands of people are arrested each year, it seems that the numbers still seem to grow and crime rates remain steady. Global crime is spreading and perhaps becoming more due to other currents events transpiring in the present time.

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/mob-chiefs-reeling-as-crime-war-now-global-2571283.html