The three main Italian mafia groups are up there, ’Ndrangheta, Comorra and La Costra Nostra. Their reach is simply massive, as is their revenue. Yet they're not

The three main Italian mafia groups are up there, ’Ndrangheta, Comorra and La Costra Nostra. Their reach is simply massive, as is their revenue. Yet they're not well known (even in Italy, according to a northern Italian colleague) and certainty not in the rest of Europe, despite a string of businesses in many industries across the continent. Their reach must be quite a bit larger than the "five families" of New York, yet they're much less well known. > The ’Ndrangheta – based in the southern region of Calabria, the toe of the Italian boot – is reputed to be one of the richest and most feared criminal organisations in the world. A study by the Demoskopita Research Institute in 2013 estimated its financial strength as more than that of Deutsche Bank and McDonald’s combined, with an annual turnover of €53bn (£44bn). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/27/uk-to-come-under-scrutiny-in-italys-largest-mafia-trial-in-decades https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/27/uk-to-come-und... Another good book is "Gomorrah" about the Comorra mafia[1]. Their reach is simply staggering across Europe. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomorrah_(book) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomorrah_(book) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1105956.Gomorrah https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1105956.Gomorrah