Italian nun known for prison work arrested over links to mafia group


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  • Thursday, 05 Dec 2024

MILAN (Reuters): Italian police arrested a nun known for her prison work and 24 other people on Thursday (Dec 5) as part of an investigation into the ‘Ndrangheta mafia in the northern city of Brescia, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

They said Sister Anna Donelli, a volunteer in Milan's San Vittore prison, is suspected of mafia collusion and of acting as a go-between between the criminal group and its jailed gang members.

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