Ros

The Ros (Special Operations Group) of the Carabinieri in Turin works with the Anti-Mafia District Directorate of the Turin Public Prosecutor’s Office on organised crime investigations.¹

In September 2026 Ros carabinieri from Turin took part, together with the Brazilian federal police, in Operation «Eredità» against international cocaine trafficking between South America and Europe, coordinated by the Turin Public Prosecutor’s Office.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.²

Operation «Eredità» against Italy-Brazil drug trafficking (2026)

On 17 September 2026 Ros carabinieri from Turin, together with the Brazilian federal police and under the coordination of the Turin Public Prosecutor’s Office–Anti-Mafia District Directorate, took part in Operation «Eredità» against a transnational drug-trafficking network between South America and Europe.¹

The operation led to the execution in Brazil of eight pre-trial detention orders and five search-and-seizure warrants against relatives and associates of Patrick and Nicola Assisi, a father and son from the Canavese area identified by investigators as ’ndrangheta bosses and already arrested in 2019, including Paula Simões, Patrick Assisi’s wife.¹²

Timeline

17 September 2026 — The Turin anti-mafia prosecutors’ office (DDA), with the Carabinieri’s Ros, 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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