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I don't think people realize that Mafia is not anymore what it used to be 50 years ago. They are well-established in different regions across europe (you wish i

I don't think people realize that Mafia is not anymore what it used to be 50 years ago. They are well-established in different regions across europe (you wish it was just an italian thing, right?) which are generating a tremendous income with drugs and prostitution, but the real deal is when this capital gets re-invested in legitimate business - again across europe. Do you really think that once you get into the range of the tens of millions any financial institution is going to turn down easily any investment? They won't. So, I think it's so simplistic to picture mafia as gangsters robbing and extorting businesses and dealing drugs. I rather picture them as shirt-and-tie business men traveling to Milan, Munich, London, Luxemburg and Geneve looking for investing opportunities.

stefantalpalaru 11y ago
There are layers. Some still extort businesses, some still deal drugs (though they no longer handle the street-level distribution directly in most of the country). Others are doctors, lawyers, businessmen, politicians. There's a whole spectrum in the private sector organized crime.
rezashirazian 11y ago
"So, I think it's so simplistic to picture mafia as gangsters robbing and extorting businesses and dealing drugs. I rather picture them as shirt-and-tie business men traveling to Milan, Munich, London, Luxembourg and Geneva looking for investing opportunities." So where does the "organized crime" kick in?