article_snippet.sent: On Friday, Italian State Police closed in, carrying out raids in seven provinces in what Italian State Police called a first-of-its-kind operation.
article_snippet.sent: Meloni said the provinces in which raids were being carried out included Frosinone and Macerata, which are in central Italy, as well as Bergamo, in the north.
article_snippet.sent: CNN's Hada Messia reported from Rome, CNN's Don Melvin reported and wrote from London and CNN's Greg Botelho reported and wrote from Atlanta.