Operation Solare
Operation Solare | |
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Part of Project Reckoning | |
Operation Name | Operation Solare |
part of | Project Reckoning |
Roster | |
Planned by | Ndrangheta mafia |
Timeline | |
Date executed | 2008 |
Results | |
Arrests | 200 |
Accounting |
Operation Solare (also known as Project Reckoning)[1] is the Italian name for a 2008 anti-drug operation involving the United States, Mexico, Guatemala and Italy, involving a major Mexican drug cartel, the Gulf Cartel, and the 'Ndrangheta mafia from the Calabria region of Italy.[2] In the operation, some 200 people were arrested in Italy and in the US.
Background
According to the US
Indicted
Among those indicted are three alleged leaders of the Gulf Cartel:
Aftermath
According to Nicola Gratteri , the Italian prosecutor, the Gulf Cartel is still present in Italy and Europe, despite the operation. "The traffic (between Mexicans and Italians) continues, because the Mexicans sold drugs for an even lower price (than the Colombians) and are content with lower profit margins, so it is considered convenient to buy from the Mexicans," he said.[5]
References
- ^ a b 175 Alleged Gulf Cartel Members Arrested in Massive International Law Enforcement Operation, DEA Press Release, September 17, 2008
- ^ a b Scores held in global drug bust, BBC News, September 17, 2008
- ^ (in Spanish) Golpe en 2 países a cártel del Golfo, El Universal, September 18, 2008
- ^ Narco-’Ndrangheta Drug Ring Smashed – 200 Arrests, Corriere della Sera, September 18, 2008
- ^ (in Spanish) Cártel del Golfo opera en Italia y el viejo continente, afirman, El Universal, December 9, 2008