5 'maranzas' cited in blitz against youth gangs in Trastevere

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 14 - Five 'maranzas' - mostly second-generation North African youth wannabe gangsta rappers and petty street criminals - were cited in an overnight blitz against youth gangs in the scenic and touristy Roman suburb of Trastevere, police said Tuesday. The government is set to unveil an 'anti-maranza' crackdown at a cabinet meeting later Tuesday. The majority of these youth toughs operate in northern Italian cities like Milan. Carabinieri from the Trastevere Company, with the ...

By ANSA