2 dozen arrested in New York City, Italy mob drug trafficking ring

[hrmjustin]

Eyewitness News
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Authorities say the FBI and Italian law enforcement officials have busted an international heroin and cocaine trafficking ring that was bringing drugs into the New York City area.

Two dozen suspected drug traffickers linked to the Gambino and Bonanno crime families and the Italian crime syndicate known as 'Ndrangheta were arrested during a coordinated American-Italian operation that authorities said disrupted the multi-continent drug pipeline.

The raids targeted a network of drug smuggling that stretched from Guyana to Italy to Malaysia to the United States. There were seven arrests in New York City and 17 near the southern Italian port of Gioia Tauro, a notorious hub of organized crime.

The operation centered on Gambino associate Franco Lupoi, of Brooklyn, who police say an undercover agent recorded plotting to transport 500 kilograms of cocaine hidden in shipments of frozen fish or pineapples. Prosecutors found $7 million worth of cocaine hidden in crates pineapples and coconut milk.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9427130

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1. I thought they had all become crooked lawyers like Chris Christie...

You would think the "mob" would find it easier to threaten mayors and teachers for the really big bucks. Or better yet, make millions defending the crooked lawyers who manage to get elected to office.