An Italian court in Rome indicted six suspected mafia members on money laundering charges and dropped charges against three others, reports Ansa News

Six suspected members of  the  Gallico clan of the Calabria-based ‘Ndrangheta mafia are accused  of  stashing  money made from mafia rackets  into Roman restaurants, bars and  businesses including  the   Antico Cafe’ Chigi, near the Italian premier’s office in Rome

Anti-Mafia prosecutors say a probe revealed the suspects used dummy owners  in a sophisticated  scheme to launder mafia money

The six suspects will go to trial with a first hearing on November 13.

Italian police in November seized another 150 million euros worth of assets, includinga luxury hotel in Rome  and a four-star hotel in the Calabrian beach town Palmi from father and son entrepreneurs also accused of links to the Gallico clan.