Dda di Torino

The anti-mafia district directorate of the Turin Prosecutor's Office, which operates under the coordination of the national anti-mafia and anti-terrorism directorate, led in September 2026 the Italian-Brazilian operation "Eredità" against international drug trafficking.

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The Turin Prosecutor's Office has an anti-mafia district directorate (Dda), which operates under the coordination of the national anti-mafia and anti-terrorism directorate.¹

In September 2026 the Dda of Turin led, for the Italian side, operation "Eredità" ("Legacy"): an investigation into the international trafficking of cocaine from South America to Europe, carried out together with the Ros carabinieri and the Brazilian federal police.¹

On 17 September 2026 the operation led to the execution in Brazil of eight pre-trial detention orders and five search-and-seizure warrants; investigators traced to the network under investigation at least eleven cocaine seizures carried out between 2019 and 2020, for a total quantity of more than 4.6 tonnes.¹²

Operation "Eredità" against Italy-Brazil drug trafficking (2026)

On 17 September 2026 the anti-mafia district directorate of Turin, under the coordination of the national anti-mafia and anti-terrorism directorate, led, for the Italian side, operation "Eredità" against a transnational drug-trafficking network between South America and Europe, carried out together with the Ros carabinieri of Turin and the Brazilian federal police.¹

The investigation led to the execution in Brazil of eight pre-trial detention orders and five search-and-seizure warrants against relatives and people linked to Patrick and Nicola Assisi, a father and son from the Canavese identified by investigators as 'ndrangheta bosses and already arrested in 2019: among those under investigation is Paula Simões, wife of Patrick Assisi.¹²

According to investigators' reconstruction, after the 2019 arrests the network allegedly continued to bring cocaine from South America to Europe through the Brazilian port of Paranaguá: the group has been linked to at least eleven seizures between 2019 and 2020, for a total of more than 4.6 tonnes of cocaine.¹

Operation "Eredità" against Brazil-Italy drug trafficking (September 2026)

The investigation concerns a transnational criminal structure engaged in trafficking cocaine from South America to Europe, with shipments leaving from the Brazilian port of Paranaguá.

In Brazil, eight pre-trial detention orders and five search-and-seizure warrants are executed against relatives and people linked to Patrick and Nicola Assisi, 'ndrangheta figures from a family originally from the Canavese, arrested in 2019. According to investigators, after the 2019 arrests relatives and trusted associates allegedly continued managing the trafficking towards Europe: the network has been linked to at least eleven cocaine seizures carried out between 2019 and 2020, for a total of more than 4.6 tonnes.

Operation "Eredità" against an Italy-Brazil cocaine trafficking ring (September 2026)

In September 2026 the anti-mafia district directorate of Turin leads, for the Italian side and under the coordination of the national anti-mafia and anti-terrorism directorate, operation "Eredità" against a drug-trafficking network between South America and Europe, with the collaboration of the Ros carabinieri of Turin and the Brazilian federal police.

Among those targeted by the measures is Paula Simões, 33, a Brazilian national and wife of Patrick Assisi. According to investigators, after the 2019 arrests the network allegedly continued trafficking cocaine towards Europe using contacts already used previously; the investigation links to the group at least eleven seizures carried out between 2019 and 2020, for a total of more than 4.6 tonnes of cocaine, including a shipment of around 2.2 tonnes identified in Brazil.

The Italian-Brazilian operation against cocaine trafficking (September 2026)

In September 2026 the Dda of Turin, together with the Ros carabinieri, coordinates an Italian-Brazilian operation against cocaine trafficking that leads to eight precautionary measures. These include the arrest of Paula Simões, identified by the investigation as the wife of Patrick Assisi, described by investigators as an 'ndrangheta figure.

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17 September 2026 — The Dda of Turin, together with the Ros carabinieri, coordinates an Italian-Brazilian operation against cocaine trafficking that leads to eight precautionary measures, including the arrest of Paula Simões, wife of 'ndrangheta boss Patrick Assisi. CronacaQui Torino ANSA Piemonte

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