MILAN, Italy, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- A magistrate and a politician were among 10 people arrested in Italy Wednesday as part of a probe into the expansion of the Calabrian mafia, authorities said.
Magistrate Vincenzo Giuseppe Giglio, head of the crime prevention department of the Reggio Calabria court, was apprehended on suspicion of providing information about police activity to the mafia, Italy's ANSA news agency reported.
Also arrested was Calabrian Regional Councillor Francesco Morelli, a member of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's party.
Police said Morelli was the link between the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta mafia and national police circles.
Ndrangheta is considered the most powerful mafia in Italy due to its hold on the European cocaine trade.
In March, 41 suspected 'Ndrangheta members were arrested in Calabria, the northern Italian cities of Turin and Genoa, Germany, Canada and Australia.
Italian police said the Calabrian mafia has replicated its operational units in northern Italy and abroad.
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