Italian police This Thursday they arrested 25 people in an operation in Brescia (north of Italy) against ‘Ndrangheta, Calabrian mafia (south), and among them there are nun that “she used her position as a believer” to enter prisons and act as a mediator between prisoners and criminal organization.

Detainees, residents of the Italian province of Brescia, MilanCalabria, Como, Lecco, Varese and Viterbo, as well as in SpainFinancial funds and assets worth more than 1.8 million euros were also seized, police said on Thursday.

Investigation coordinated Anti-mafia prosecutor’s office and the Brescia prosecutor’s office, made it possible to verify the existence of the criminal organization “Ndrangheta”, which operated in the province and concluded with other groups on the outskirts of Brescia a “mutual assistance agreement for the implementation criminal activity“.

The organization was able to “penetrate the structures jail and send messages to prisoners,” using a nun who took advantage of “her spiritual position” to gain free access to prisons, police confirmed in a statement.

The nun, whose identity was revealed by local media, Anna Donnellywho volunteered for 15 years at the San Vittore prison in Milan (north) after doing the same work in other prisons in Pavia and Rome.

Also placed under house arrest were Giovanni Acri, a former municipal councilor of Brescia from the Brothers of Italy party, and Mauro Galeazzi, a former League member in the municipality of Castel Mella, already detained in the past for bribes and then acquitted and who is now accused of make a deal with the mafia to gain electoral support for the clan in exchange for future illegal mutual economic benefits.

The detainees are accused of extortionarms trade and drugsreceiving stolen goods, usury, tax crimes, money launderingas well as political-mafia pre-election exchange.