It has been extradited by Spain and is now in Italy one of the suspects affected by a precautionary measure in the field of the “Millennium” operation, coordinated by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate of Reggio Calabria. The man, accused of criminal association aimed at the trafficking of amazing substances aggravated and deemed an integral part of the criminal system dismantled by the carabinieri of the provincial command of Reggio, was abroad at the time of the execution of the ordinances.
The timely intervention of the I-CAN unit (Interpol Cooperation Against ‘Ndrangheta) of the International Police Cooperation of the Central Directorate of the Criminal Police, was fundamental for its capture. Based on the information provided by the Reggina Army Investigation Unit, the I-CAN Unit immediately started the info-operational interlocutions with international authorities. Once located in Spanish territory, in close intended with the military of the weapon, collaboration was requested from the Undyco (Unidad de Druga y Crimento Organizado) Central of the Spanish Polylicía Nacional, which allowed to stop the subject.
The arrest and subsequent extradition fit into a wider operational context: the “Millennium” operation, taken at dawn of 21 May 2025 in different Italian regions (including Reggio Calabria, Milan, Rome, Bologna, Turin, Nuoro, Catanzaro, Cosenza, Vibo Valentia, Agrigento, Verona), has seen hundreds of carabinieri of the provincial command of Reggio Calabria with the support of the Ros, Eliportato Cacciatori, of the 14th Calabria battalion, of the dog nuclei, the helicopter nucleus and the ICAN unit for the international coordination.
The investigation, launched in 2018 and divided into five distinct investigative strands, made it possible to perform 97 precautionary measures (81 in prison, 16 under house arrest) and the preventive seizure of two companies deemed instrumental to illegal activities. The leaders of some of the main gangs of the Reggina Province, active in the three mandates (Tirrenico, Ionian and Center) involved, accused of very serious crimes: mafia association, international drug trafficking, extortion, seizure of person, political-mafia electoral exchange and detention of weapons.
It is reiterated that the criminal proceeding is in the preliminary investigation phase and that the positions of the suspects of the “Millennium” operation will be evaluated in the subsequent procedural phases.