Italian police say they have arrested 38 suspects in a sweep against the ’Ndrangheta syndicate, which has allegedly been involved in murders, extortion and drugs and arms trafficking.

Italian police were arresting scores of suspects today in a crackdown on organised crime clans believed to be involved in a feud that claimed the lives of six Italians in Germany earlier this month.

Six Italian men were shot dead in a western German city today in an execution-style killing that Italy's interior minister said appeared to be part of a feud between two Italian organised crime clans.

Police today captured one of Italy’s most dangerous mob fugitives as the state pressed its war on the ’ndrangheta, the Calabrian crime syndicate believed to be overtaking the Sicilian Mafia in dominance.