Operation Gladio
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Operation Gladio | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Organised crime syndicates and groups | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Francesco Carcaterra (President of Etruria) Tullio Quagliariello (Minister of Internal Affairs) Ercolano Tauriello (Minister of Civil Security) Giovanni Sant'Angelo (Commander of the National Police Service) | Numerous crime lords | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
~35,000 police officers ~2,500 CSS agents 1,200 soldiers | ~10,000-15,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
14 killed 46 injured |
86 killed 108 injured 11,583 arrested | ||||||
3 civilians killed 19 injured |
Operation Gladio (Etrurian: Operazione Gladio) was a law-enforcement-military anti-Mafia operation that took place between 10-11 December 2018 in Etruria. The operation involved near simultaneous raids against over 100 criminal sydnicates and groups, the mass arrests of criminal suspects and confiscation of assets owned by targeted groups. During the operation, a total of 103 people were killed, 173 injured and 11,500 arrested.
The operation was the largest civil-military anti-Mafia action in history and is widely lauded as the most successful to date, with the total collapse of 80% of known organised crime groups in Etruria and the collapse of both the sex and arms trade. However, the operation was also widely criticised prior and after, due to concerns over civil liberties, cases of abuse and torture and the mass detention of persons without trial. In the months following the operation, further controversy arose over the Etrurian government using anti-Mafia legislation to target media outlets.