Editing 'Ndrangheta (section)

===Switzerland===
The crime syndicate has a significant presence in Switzerland since the early 1970s but has operated there with little scrutiny due to the inconspicuous life styles of their members, the Swiss legal landscape, and solid foundations in local businesses. In the aftermath of the [[San Luca feud]] in 2007 and subsequent arrests in Italy (Operation "Crimine"), it became clear that the group had also infiltrated the economically proliferous regions of Switzerland and Southern Germany. In March 2016, Swiss law enforcement in cooperation with Italian state prosecutors arrested a total of 15 individuals, 13 in the city of [[Frauenfeld]], 2 in the canton of [[Valais]], accusing them of active membership to an organized crime syndicate also known as "Operazione Helvetica".<ref>[http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/die-ndrangheta-kann-sich-in-der-schweiz-nicht-mehr-sicher-fuehlen/story/29238487 "Die 'Ndrangheta kann sich in der Schweiz nicht mehr sicher fühlen"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806164116/http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/die-ndrangheta-kann-sich-in-der-schweiz-nicht-mehr-sicher-fuehlen/story/29238487 |date=6 August 2016 }}-Interview with A. De Bernardo- (in German). Tages Anzeiger online. Retrieved 8 August 2016.</ref>

Since 2015, the Swiss federal police has conducted undercover surveillance and recorded the group's meetings in a restaurant establishment in a small village just outside of Frauenfeld. The meetings were taking place in a relatively remote location using the now defunct entity the "Wängi Boccia Club" as its cover. According to the Italian prosecutor Antonio De Bernardo, there are several cells operating within the jurisdiction of the Swiss Federation, estimating the number of operatives per cell to about 40, and a couple of 100 in total. All of the arrested persons are Italian citizens, the two men arrested in the Valais have already been extradited to Italy, and as of August 2016, one individual arrested in Frauenfeld has been approved for extradition to Italy.<ref>[http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/schweiz-liefert-ersten-frauenfelder-mafioso-aus/story/19279372 "Schweiz liefert ersten Frauenfelder Mafioso aus"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806171353/http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/Schweiz-liefert-ersten-Frauenfelder-Mafioso-aus/story/19279372 |date=6 August 2016 }} (in German). Tages Anzeiger online. Retrieved 8 August 2016.</ref>