Northern Italy tops the rankings of
suspect mafia operations, the National Anti-Mafia Investigative
Directorate (DIA) said in its latest report Friday.
The north has 46.3% of such operations compared to 33.8% in
southern Italy, where Italy's mafias come from, and 18.7% in
central Italy.
"The highest number of suspect financial operations that has
emerged in northern regions can be a sign of a liquid mafia that
invests in a hidden way, using front companies for its criminal
ends," said the report.
"We see external subjects ever more often," it added.
The DIA described them as "facilitators", able to handle
international transactions from offshore locations.
Italy's big three mafias are 'Ndrangheta from Calabria, Cosa
Nostra from Sicily and the camorra from Campania.
Then there is also Puglia's Sacra Corona Unita (SCU, United
Holy Crown), and local mafia clans in Rome.
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