The Trento Guardia di Finanza (Financial Police) arrested 15 people in various locations in Italy and abroad and investigated a total of 73 individuals, including members of the Camorra and the "fourth Foggia mafia." The Guardia di Finanza (Fiamme Gialle), coordinated by the Trento DDA (Antimafia Directorate), seized over 1 ton of hashish and 2 kilos of cocaine, with an estimated street value of over €70 million. The operation, dubbed "Carthago," began at dawn. Three Moroccans living in Santeramo in Colle (Bari) and Boltiere (Bergamo) and an Italian from Torre Annunziata (Naples) who, according to investigators, is linked to the Gionta clan were arrested in Italy under precautionary detention orders. Four other individuals—a Moroccan resident in Bariano (Bergamo), two Moroccans living in Spain and the Netherlands, and a fourth Moroccan—are currently being sought. The investigation began in March 2016 with the seizure of narcotics from a group of Maghrebian drug dealers based in Trentino-Alto Adige. The investigation was directed by the Trento DDA and conducted by the special anti-drug units of the Guardia di Finanza's GICO (Italian National Anti-Mafia Investigations Unit) in Trento. According to investigators, the vast drug trafficking network extended from Morocco, passing through Spain, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, before reaching Italy. Two criminal syndicates were thus identified, composed primarily of individuals of Maghrebian and Italian origin, with stable roots in Trentino-Alto Adige, Lombardy, Basilicata, Campania, and Puglia, who shared the local drug markets. In particular, according to investigators, the first syndicate, located in northern Italy and composed primarily of Maghrebians, sourced hashish and cocaine from Spain and Switzerland and periodically supplied the "markets" in the provinces of Trento and Bolzano. The drugs were sold at retail by pushers, mostly Tunisians and Moroccans, in city parks in historic centers, near schools, and, during the high season, even in some mountain resorts. The same destination "markets" and widespread drug distribution were also used by the second criminal organization, located in Basilicata and Puglia, composed of members of the Cerignola (Foggia) underworld belonging to the so-called "fourth Foggia mafia," in agreement with members of the Gionta Camorra clan of Torre Annunziata (Naples). According to investigators, the organization imported large quantities of hashish and cocaine directly from production sites in Morocco and Spain, to then distribute them throughout Italy, including the province of Trento. This latter "market" was personally managed by one of the main members of the criminal organization.
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