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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/a...how/996581.cms


Italian mafia, GM earn the same
ANI[ FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2005 1201 PM ]
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LONDON: There isn't much difference between Italy's mafia and the US-based General Motors. That is, if you are taking their earnings into consideration.

Though one is relatively unpopular and feared and the other is a major global business conglomerate, both rake in about $172 billion a year, if a DPA report is to be believed.

What appears more alarming is the fact that the mafia in Italy alone rakes in that amount of money, which leaves us guessing about the kind of moolah it colects in other countries such as the United States.

The mafia figure works out to over $473 million a day, the report quotes Italy's chief anti-Mafia prosecutor, Pierluigi Vigna, as saying.

If estimates for other countries such as the US and Russia were taken into account, the Mafia's income could dwarf that of companies such as Wal-Mart and ExxonMobil, which have worldwide turnover of $336 billion and $292 billion, respectively.

Vigna says the total is based on traditional mafia activities like the illegal sale of drugs and weapons, public tender and prostitution businesses.

Italy's traditional mafia groups are Sicily's "Cosa Nostra", Calabria's "n'drangheta" and Apulia's "Sacra Corona Unita".

A fourth network, Campania's "Camorra", has made headlines in recent months because of a bloody turf war that has claimed dozens of victims.





Che poi, in fondo, non sono stati evidenziati a bilancio i soldi estorti ai Padani con il supporto dello stato, ma quelli, probabilmente, li considerano in nero...

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