Operation Gladio

Operation Gladio
Police detaining Lucca "il Volpe" Abate
Date 10-15 December 2017 Location Etruria Result Government success Significant damage inflicted on organised crime Near total collapse of 80% of organised crime syndicates $8.8 billion assests confiscated
Belligerents
Etrurian federal government National Police Service Civil Security Service Etrurian Defence Force	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.