(ANSA) - FLORENCE, APRIL 15 - Shot of the Dda of Florence with the Arma dei carabinieri (Ros, Forestali and other specialties) to the infiltration of the 'Ndrangheta in Tuscany with a' multi-headed 'operation in which 23 people were arrested in relation to three interconnected investigations on environmental pollution, international drug trafficking, extortion and illicit competition, all crimes aggravated by both facilitation and mafia method "in favor of powerful 'Ndrangheta clans" including the Gallace di Guardavalle clan ( Catanzaro).
Influences range from Mugello, to the tanning district of Santa Croce (Pisa) in Livorno.
In one vein, six arrests were carried out in Tuscany, Calabria and Umbria (one in prison and five under house arrest) for the management of industrial wastewater and sludge produced in the tanning district.
Some subjects are at the head of the Tanners Association of Santa Croce and would have represented, the investigators explain, the decision-making fulcrum of the whole system.
For the prosecution, the resulting ashes of highly polluting tanning waste classified as 'Keu' were mixed with other materials and reused in construction activities.
About 8,000 tons of contaminated waste would have been used in the fifth lot of the Strada 429 della Valdelsa.
Another trend led to a total of 17 arrests that hit entrepreneurs contiguous to the Gallace clan.
They are seriously suspected, for various reasons, of criminal association aimed at extortion, illicit competition with violence and threats, irregular subcontracting, as well as association aimed at international drug trafficking, detention for the purpose of drug dealing, aiding and abetting, all aggravated both from the mafia method that from having facilitated the Gallace clan.
Discovered the entry of cocaine and distribution in Tuscany, traffic that revolved around the port of Livorno, arrested an important exponent of the 'Ndrangheta.
The infiltration that passed into the aggregates sector of the Gallace clan was also highlighted, which, having taken control over a historic company in Mugello, would have affected the competition by winning important public contracts.
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