Dozens of organized crime suspects have been arrested in a series of raids in New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called the operation one of the largest ever to target alleged mafia members in the United States.

Attorney General Eric Holder: “Today more than 800 federal, state and local law enforcement officials have arrested over 110 individuals, including dozens of La Cosa Nostra individuals and associates, one in Italy. In total, 127 people have been charged in 16 indictments unsealed today in four districts in New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island. This is one of the largest single-day operations against the mafia in the FBI’s history, both in terms of the number of defendants arrested and charged and the scope of the criminal activity that is alleged.”