Italy’s deputy prime minister described the operation as “one of the biggest blows inflicted on the mafia by the state”, and authorities said they will release further information in due course.
Italian police have arrested 46 suspected mobsters in a largescale crackdown on the notorious Sicilian Mafia, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini praised the Carabinieri’s [national gendarmerie] role and “extraordinary intervention” in the dawn raids.