New York, big-round-up anti-mafia boss More than 110 arrests between affiliates and

NEW YORK - More than one hundred and ten arrests on 127 indictments, seven of the main building we "families" mafia involved overseas. "This is one of the largest anti-Mafia operations conducted in the history of the FBI, the number of arrests and extension," said U.S. Attorney Eric Holder, presented the results of the blitz.

It points out that "At this time the Justice Department is leading the fight against organized crime like never before. We are committed, we are determined to uprooted this criminal activity once and forever." A finish in the network of investigators, prominent leaders of the Italian mafia in New York: Family members Gambino, Lucchese, Genovese, Bonanno and Colombo, as well as the De Cavalcante, the latter based in New Jersey.

Among the charges mafia association, murder, drug trafficking, gambling and extortion. Some allegations date back some time ago, including murders committed in the eighties and nineties. The operation began before dawn and hit both bosses and small bookmaker, and some corrupt officials of the unions.

The area extends from the town of arrests in New York from Rhode Island, New Jersey to New England. The action was accomplished through the use of hundreds of state police, FBI and the Department of New York. It all started with reports seemingly unrelated to each other, handled by four federal courts of many jurisdictions.

The raid comes at a time in history when, according to federal authorities and police are seeing a strong recovery of criminal activities in the affected areas after decades of decline. Mafia families have been severely weakened the activity investigation based on the testimony of repentant.

Just this weakening of the criminal investigation together with the recalibration of the forces after the attacks of 11 September 2001, contributed to loosen its grip on the activity mafia, but in recent times was being reconstituted.

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