Twenty-nine personal precautionary measures, several of which aimed at top members of the 'Ndrangheta, and the seizure of five waste treatment companies between Calabria and Emilia Romagna were carried out this morning by the carabinieri of the Forestry Group and the Provincial Command of Reggio Calabria as part of an investigation by the Dda of Reggio. The suspects are accused, in various capacities, of mafia association, illicit waste trafficking and other environmental crimes at the end of an investigation conducted by Nipaaf, the Investigative Unit of the Environmental Agri-food and Forestry Police of the Forest Police.
The forestry carabinieri of the departments in Calabria, Sicily, Lombardy and Emilia Romagna also participated in the operation, called "Mala pigna", with the support of the helicopter squadron "Cacciatori Calabria" and the soldiers of the eighth Carabinieri Helicopter Nucleus stationed in Vibo Valentia.
The measures were issued by the investigating judge Vincenza Bellini at the request of the Reggio Calabria DDA led by the prosecutor Giovanni Bombardieri.