In a massive raid against the Sicilian mafia in Palermo on Tuesday, about 130 people were taken into custody, showing that despite defeats in recent decades, the mafia has remained a powerful criminal organisation. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Palermo-based mafia organisation known as “Cosa Nostra” terrorised Italy, but the Calabrian “Ndrangheta” has since surpassed them as the most potent mob in Europe.
According to a statement from Carabinieri police, the suspects who were arrested on Tuesday were accused of a number of offences, including drug trafficking, attempted murder, extortion, unlawful internet gambling, and unlawful firearm possession. Additional arrest warrants were issued for thirty-three people already incarcerated for prior offences.
Investigations showed that, particularly when it comes to drug trafficking, Palermo’s mafia factions coordinate their operations throughout the city and its region, much as they did during Cosa Nostra’s heyday, according to police.
They claimed that inner-city families had reclaimed power in contrast to the years when a faction from Corleone, a town outside of Palermo that gave rise to infamous leaders Bernardo Provenzano and Toto Riina controlled them. Employing encrypted cell phones smuggled into jails to enable imprisoned bosses to continue exercising their power, modern bosses use technology to run their businesses, according to investigators.
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