26.03.2014 - 18:23 [ Independent ]

Crime does pay: Mafia’s annual income surpasses that of European Union

Speaking at a conference in Brussels, Mr Brauzzi also underlined the international dimension of Italian organised crime groups, including Sicily’s Cosa Nostra, the Calabria-based ’Ndrangheta and the Camorra of the Naples area. “They invest only 10 per cent of this budget in Italy; the rest they invest in countries in Europe and elsewhere. They have good friends everywhere,” he said.