Don't be scared: homicide and crime rates in Italy are very low, especially if compared to the United States (assuming that's where you're coming from). The pr

Don't be scared: homicide and crime rates in Italy are very low, especially if compared to the United States (assuming that's where you're coming from). The problem with the Mafias is not so much the killings, but the impoverishment and corrosion of everything they control.