GENEVA (Sputnik) – Swiss police detained 15 Italian nationals for allegedly being connected to the criminal organization 'Ndrangheta', Switzerland’s Federal Department of Justice and Police said Tuesday in a statement.
"15 alleged members of the Mafia organization 'Ndrangheta, accused by Italian authorities of belonging to a criminal organization, were arrested on the orders of the Federal Office of Justice in the cantons of Thurgau, Zurich and Valais," the statement reads.
Two of the detainees have already been sentenced to nine and six years respectively, the ministry added.
The detained criminals are currently pending extradition, according the document.
