Italian mobster crackdown sees 300 arrested

THOUSANDS of Italian police took part in a huge operation against a powerful crime syndicate yesterday, arresting 300 people including top bosses and seizing millions in property.

The man believed to be the ‘ndrangheta’s top boss, Domenico Oppedisano, was picked up in Rosarno, a small coastal town in Calabria, the southern region where the organisation is based.

Also arrested was the man in charge of the gang’s businesses in Milan, where the ‘ndrangheta has been making major inroads.