The Mafia has become one of Italy's biggest businesses with turnover of over one hundred and twenty billion dollars. This report was prepared by Italy's leading retailers association who warn of the Mafia's growing influence in the south. Seven percent of Italy's outcome is filtered off by organized crime. The same retailer's association says that they are concerned by the Mafia extortion rackets from small to big businesses. Organized crime is present in all areas of the economy, from food manufacture to tourism, from real estate to finance and in the service industries. In Sicily, eight out of ten shops pay a regular monthly sum to the Mafia. Deputy Minister of the Interior, Marco Minniti said the growth of Mafia crime is alarming.
It seems to me that what Mafia crime is far from being on it's way out and if it gets too strong then there will be no way to put an end to it. Organized crime is not just limited to Italy either, there is still a good amount in the United States as well as other parts of the world. Mafias make their money by preying on and extorting the weak. They are pretty much like school yard bullies and if no one stands up to them, then they will always reign supreme.
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