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Influencer arrested over suspected cocaine trafficking linked to Italian mafia
Paula Simões Assisi, a 34-year-old digital influencer, was arrested on September 17.
Brazil’s Federal Police are investigating her on suspicion of involvement in international cocaine trafficking.
The suspected operation is linked to the Italian mafia group known as the ’Ndrangheta.
Police suspect Assisi took over part of the operation after her husband, Patrick Assisi, was arrested in 2019.
Her arrest took place during Operation Eredità, carried out with Italian authorities.
The source does not say what happens next in the investigation.
Paula Simões Assisi was arrested on September 17 during Operation Eredità.
Brazil’s Federal Police are investigating her on suspicion of taking over part of an international cocaine-trafficking operation linked to the Italian mafia group ’Ndrangheta.
The investigation concerns what happened after her husband, Patrick Assisi, was arrested in 2019.
The operation was carried out in partnership with Italian authorities.
- Who
- Paula Simões Assisi, a digital influencer aged 34, was arrested.
- What
- She is suspected of taking over part of an international cocaine-trafficking operation linked to the ’Ndrangheta.
- When
- She was arrested on September 17; the year is not stated in the article text.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- She is suspected of taking over part of the operation after her husband was arrested in 2019.
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Paula Simões Assisi’s husband, Patrick Assisi, was arrested.
Assisi was arrested during Operation Eredità.
- Suspect
- Paula Simões Assisi
- Age
- 34
- Arrest date
- September 17; year not stated in the article text
- Husband
- Patrick Assisi
- Husband’s arrest
- 2019
- Operation
- Eredità
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