
22 people have been arrested as part of an operation coordinated by Europol in Italy, based on the decryption of communications in the "SKY ECC" application.
It is about a criminal group of international cocaine traffic from Latin America , accused of hundreds of kg of seized drugs.
7 of the arrested are Albanian citizens, 2 Colombian, 1 Dominican and the others Italian. Six of those arrested are accused of being members of a criminal group that has been operating since 2014 in Genoa, as well as in Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.
The group was led by Gabriele Puleo , who had a network of contacts with drug trafficking organizations in South America even after his arrest on 7.10.2015 after the seizure of a significant amount of cocaine.
The suspects are accused of 9 cases of importing cocaine from Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Panama, characterized by transnationality, for a total of about 670 kg and a market value of about 25 million euros, 38 cases of drug possession and sale, possession of weapons like 2 pistols model Smith & Wesson 686 cal. 357 magnum with 4”, 1 M75 hand grenade; 1 gun mod Zastava M56 cal. 7.62x25mm (tokarev); 2 assault rifles Zastava mod. M70 cal. 7.62×39mm, reproductions of the most popular AK-47 (Kalashnikov), Beretta semi-automatic pistol cal. 9, 1 Smith & Wesson revolver cal. Colt brand 38SP pistol mod. 1911 cal. 45 ACP and Beretta mod. 70 calories. 7.65 .