US EditionItaly'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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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.
Italy's Mafia Sets Aside Rivalries
Mafia-like organizations increasingly refrain from violent territorial struggles and instead work together in many areas. This is evident from the annual report of the Italian Anti-Mafia Agency (DIA). Cooperations exist, for example, in drug trafficking, prostitution and money laundering. The Mafia has expanded its technical expertise, uses encrypted communication channels and uses drones to keep contact with prisoners, the DIA said. For money l…
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