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Italy's Mafia Abandoning Rivalries to Join Forces, Report Says
- Italy's national anti-mafia agency released a report in Rome on Tuesday revealing that mafia groups are abandoning rivalries to form alliances focused on public works and illicit markets in 2024.
- This shift follows the increasing mafia involvement in public procurement, especially EU-funded projects, with longstanding hostilities giving way to pragmatic cooperation between Cosa Nostra, Camorra, and ’Ndrangheta.
- The report details 200 investigated construction sites and highlights technological advances, including encrypted communications, drone use, and reliance on Chinese shadow banks for money laundering.
- DIA Director Michele Carbone highlighted that mafia groups have evolved beyond just controlling specific territories; they now operate as complex financial and logistical organizations, requiring responses that address their broader, more sophisticated activities.
- The findings stress the need for enhanced financial monitoring, tighter contract vetting, international cooperation, and modern enforcement to counter the evolving mafia influence in key national infrastructure projects.
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The Italian mafia is abandoning violent conflicts among itself and is increasingly involved in drug trafficking, prostitution and money laundering, according to the Italian National Anti-Mafia Agency (DIA).
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Italy's mafia abandoning rivalries to join forces, report says
Italy's mafia is turning away from violent turf wars to collaborate in drug trafficking, prostitution rings and money laundering, the national anti-mafia agency (DIA) said in an annual report about the organized crime groups on Tuesday.
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Cosa Nostra and the Camorra form alliances both domestically and abroad, while the 'Ndrangheta focuses on the embezzlement of public funds.
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right3Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution47% Left
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47% Left
L 47%
C 33%
R 20%
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