'The Mafia is always ready to intervene in moments of opportunity,' one prosecutor said.
After much wrangling, EU leaders approve a coronavirus recovery fund. Can the U.S. also find a compromise?Police this month executed search warrants that covered the homes and businesses of suspects throughout the country, from Lombardy and the Veneto in the north to Sicily and Calabria in the south.In Milan, authorities arrested eight people and froze assets worth 7.5 million euros, more than $8.5 million.
They also extort legitimate businesses into serving as “hidden partners,” meaning the business works on behalf of the Mafia but hides its affiliation with organized crime. The Mafia-controlled business seems clean, but in fact its proceeds route back to the criminal enterprise. About 10 years ago, the Italian government introduced an “anti-Mafia certification” for businesses that apply for public contracts and funds. The local district office for the Ministry of the Interior performs an investigation to determine whether the company’s owners and close associates have ever been convicted of Mafia activity or “Mafia-adjacent” crimes, such as drug dealing, said Anna Sergi, a professor at the University of Essex who specializes in organized crime.
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