Scope And Scale Of Italian Mafia

Sky's Alex Rossi examines the spread of the Italian Mafia and how its influence extends well beyond the plots of movies.

新聞背景：

意大利警方在首都羅馬等地展開了大規(guī)模突擊行動，出動了500名來自不同部門的執(zhí)法人員，其中包括特種部隊。逮捕了數(shù)十名涉嫌與黑手黨組織相關(guān)的嫌疑人員。意大利警方表示，這次行動是羅馬歷史上規(guī)模最大的打擊黑手黨行動之一，其主要目標(biāo)是肅清羅馬海岸周邊的犯罪行為。

意大利政府報告顯示，黑手黨在2011年共斂取了257億歐元，占當(dāng)年意大利國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值的1.7％。報告同時指出，黑手黨組織斂財所得主要來自綁架后敲詐的贖金，此后他們將非法所得再進(jìn)行“投資”時，擴充自己的領(lǐng)土和勢力范圍成為了他們的首選。

倫敦警方宣布已于7日逮捕蘭卡多爾。英國《鏡報》稱，蘭卡多爾為“意大利政府最想逮捕的罪犯”。

現(xiàn)年64歲的蘭卡多爾是意大利黑手黨最重要的頭目之一，由于他曾是一名體育老師，在黑手黨內(nèi)部被稱為“老師”。上世紀(jì)90年代成為意大利巴勒莫市黑手黨組織首領(lǐng)，他多次參與組織敲詐、販毒等違法活動。據(jù)英國《衛(wèi)報》報道，蘭卡多爾曾因在1987年至1994年間從事黑手黨活動被意大利法院判處7年監(jiān)禁，但他本人并未出席庭審。此后蘭卡多爾開始逃亡生涯，并被意大利警方視為“最危險”的罪犯。

Stinky rubbish blocking the streets of Naples is a sign for many Italians of just how deeply entrenched the Mafia is in Italian society. The breakdown and collisions cause riots and expose the corruption of what should be a public service.

It also shows just how far the tentacles of organized crimes have spread.

So all these money that they make they invest in the Italy economy, so they own business, they own shops and they buy a lot of free real estates. And that's to me is the most thrilling aspect of the Mafia, because then they merge with legally legitimate entrepreneurs and co-hold the economy and society more broadly.

The Mafia originated here in Sicily nearly 200 years ago and was known as the Cosa Nostra. Since then it spooned other criminal families in mainland Italy, such as the Camorra in Naples. The syndicate's reach expands the globe and the Mafia is a force in America with five mobster families dividing up the criminal spoils of major cities like New York. The term Mafia has also grown and it's used to describe as illegal gang

around the world, such as the Yakuza in Japan and Triad in China.

What they all have in common with the Sicily Mafia is the aspiration to become an alternative authority in a given territory.

So in a sense they set themselves up as a legitimate authority instead of the state.

And Italian Mafia is growing, even eclipse tourism when it comes to revenue. According to a recent report by C, an association of shop keepers, Mafira Incorporated now represents 7% of the country's GDP, generating a revenue of around 110 billion pounds every year.

The police having the past made high-profile arrests with members then paraded for the camera, but even so Mafia's grip on the industrial crime shows no signs of slipping.