Exclusive: German production house Beetz Brothers Film Production is readying an Ard and Arte crime doc series about Operation Eureka, the largest international police operation against Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta.

Mafia Hunters will tell a five-episode story of how the main investigators launched the operation to topple the Italian mafia group, which has been one of most powerful criminal organizations in the country since the 1980s. The show will include exclusive interviews with the main investigators, archival footage and atmospheric recreations.

The ‘Ndrangheta are estimated to make up to €50B ($52.4B) every year through various criminal activities. They dominate cocaine trafficking from Latin America to Europe and are also involved in arms dealing and other activities. The organization comprised of dozens of families from the Calabria region of southern Italy who loosely form a collective structure. Operation Eureka has involved police forces from across Europe and South America, and led to...