Italian mafia groups can “draw attention” to the funds that the European Union will allocate Italy within the work of the anti-crisis fund for recovery after Pandemic COVID-19. This is stated in the Mafia Control Department (DIA), which draws the attention of RIA Novosti.
Study covers the second half of 2020 and describes in detail how the mafia managed to be progress due to the crisis caused by the effects of the pandemic. Dia is suspected that mafiosi elected a new strategy with which they can expand their influence: instead of “bloody disappears”, they choose gradual penetration into the financial system of Italy, first of all – in those areas where EU funds are allocated.
So, criminal groups establish control over in a difficult position by companies and through them are obtained by the funds allocated funds. In addition, some mafia clans penetrate the smuggling sphere of energy products (lubricants and oils), offering prices lower than that of oil companies.
Report compilers noted that the EU countries need to urgently stop the activities of mafios and prevent them from enriched in these ways.