Italian police last week arrested 44 suspected members of what is believed to be the largest ever euro banknotes counterfeiting network, possibly linked to theCamorra criminal syndicate,Europol, which coordinated the operation, said Friday.

Italian police in Sicily arrested on Wednesday 45 people believed to be linked to theCosa Nostra mafia, while German police arrested the clan’s deputy leader in the southwestern town of Wolzburg.

Rocco Morabito, 51, was one of those ‘Ndrangheta members who were good enough in trafficking cocaine from Latin America to Europe without being caught for decades.