On Wednesday, Italy launched one of the biggest trials ever of the mob because of it, More than 320 suspected members of the Ndrangheta Mafia clan on their associates face charges including extortion, drug trafficking and theft.

The Ndrangheta, based in Calabria, is one of the largest organized crime groups in the world.

Secretary said.

People are starting to speak out decades ago, talking of La Casa Nostra or just pronouncing the word Indra Anguita was scary.

They were words that were whispered in corridors or in homes by the fire.

Today we talk about it openly.

In the last two years we've had a surgeon, lawsuits from oppressed entrepreneurs and citizens, victims of usury, people who for years have lived under the threats of the ndrangheta.

This police footage shows the arrest of more than 300 drag gotta in a huge operation in 2019 drugs were also seized.

Wednesday's trial recalls the case against hundreds of Cosa Nostra mafiosi in 1986 which marked the group's sharp decline toe in drag jitters benefit.

It's taking place in a converted call center in Calabria with defendants held in metal cages, many of the accused of white collar workers in law, accounting business, local politics and the police great.

Terry, who never goes anywhere without an armed escort, says they willingly helped the Ndrangheta to build its crime empire.

The trial is expected to take a year.