HAMBURG (Reuters) - Hundreds of police officers searched homes and offices across Germany on Tuesday as part of an international investigation into a suspected money-laundering scheme by the Calabrian mafia involving a wind farm in Italy, a senior prosecutor said.
The investigation centres on a wind farm near the "toe" of Italy's boot that the Calabrian mob, known as the 'Ndrangheta, is suspected to have bought using the proceeds from extortion, drug trafficking and other criminal activities.
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