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‘A united nations of crime’: how Marbella became a magnet for gangsters
- finiteseries 5y agoFascinating. A prosecutor in the region put it like this: “Anyone who thinks that the criminal organisations are the same as they were before – structured like a pyramid, managing every aspect of the business – well, they’re wrong. It’s not like that any more. It’s a lot more like in the TV series ZeroZeroZero, where everyone has to form alliances and each group takes on certain things. They’re not cartels, they’re service providers: it’s the Uberisation of organised crime.” Because of this, there’s also no division of territory. “It’s not possible to make a map, like they’ve done, for example, with Mexico,” he says. “Instead, you’d have to make a diagram that reflects the division of labour, the different roles and activities of each organisation.”
- pestatije 5y agoThe 150mph trip to Paris i don't buy, which puts in doubt everything else these people say. But otherwise this is a very sad state of affairs. Edit: ah, they might have slipped the wrong units there (this is the Uk's guardian).
- 0xbadcafebee 5y ago“Whatever they do,” said Francesco, “none of this will ever stop. Drug money is what makes the world go around.” Well, they could make drugs legal. I guess the question then is, are drugs illegal because it's profitable?