Three arrested during crackdown on would-be jihadists
(AGI) Brescia, Mar 25 - Police in Italy have arrested three menas part of a crackdown on Muslims trying to flee to fight inSyria. A fourth man is already said to be in Syria, and eightsearches have been carried out in Lombardy, Piedmont andTuscany. Operation Balkan Connection, coordinated by thecentral anti-terrorism service of the Central PoliceDirectorate for Crime Prevention/Central Security OperationsService (UCIGOS) and the General Investigations and SpecialOperations Division (DIGOS) in Brescia, uncovered a cellrecruiting young men as jihadists. Police in Turin, Como andMassa Carrara were also involved in the