Extensive operation against the Chinese mafia of the State Police in various cities of Italy and abroad, coordinated by the Public Prosecutor's Office - DDA of Florence.
The State Police has been carrying out, from the early hours of dawn, the execution of numerous precautionary measures delegated by the District Anti-Mafia Prosecutor of Florence. The operation, called "China Truck" is aimed at vanquishing a Chinese mafia organization that acted not only in Italy, but in various countries of Europe. About 130 policemen from the Central Operations Service and the mobile teams of Prato, Rome, Florence, Milan, Padua and Pisa, 18 patrols of the Crime Prevention Department of Florence and Rome, the Dog Nucleus of Bologna and the Flight Department of Florence and Rome are engaged. ; the French and Spanish police are actively collaborating.
During the "China Truck" operation, the State Police are carrying out, on the mandate of the DDA of the Public Prosecutor's Office of Florence, a precautionary measure in prison for the crime of mafia-type criminal association against 33 people. The long and complex investigation, which began in 2011 and conducted by the policemen of the Mobile Squad of Prato and of the Central Operational Service of the State Police, concerned a criminal association that has affirmed its hegemony in controlling the traffic of goods on the road throughout Europe, hegemony in the field of logistics imposed with mafia methods and fed by the proceeds from criminal activities typical of the Chinese underworld.
Further details will be illustrated during the press conference to be held at 11 in the offices of the DDA Public Prosecutor's Office in Florence, Palazzo di Giustizia, 8 ° floor, which will also participate in the National Anti-Mafia Prosecutor and the Director of the Central Operations Service.