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November 29, 201945 arrests in many regions of Italy. People linked to the Bellocco clan of Rosarno stopped by the Guardia di Finanza. Preliminary custody orders, in prison and under house arrest, were issued by the magistrate at the request of the Reggio Calabria Dda.

The operation, called 'Magma', according to investigators, has dismantled the clan and its ramifications in Lazio, Emilia Romagna and Lombardy.

The suspects are accused, in various capacities, of mafia association, international drug trafficking, possession of weapons and robbery aggravated by the use of the mafia method and the transnationality of the crime.

The operation is carried out by the financiers of the Provincial Command of Reggio Calabria, together with personnel from the Central Criminal Investigation Department of Finance with the coordination of the Dda Reggina and helicopter assistance from the Corps Air Naval Compartment.

"Calabria, operation 'magma' crushes the Bellocco clan. This morning another strong response of the state to the ndrangheta". This is what the Undersecretary of the Interior Carlo Sibilia writes on Twitter, commenting on the 45 arrests against the Rosarno clan.

#Calabria, operation "magma" smashes the
Bellocco clan. This morning another strong response from the State to the #ndrangheta.

- Carlo Sibilia (@carlosibilia) November 29, 2019