Wednesday, January 11, 2012

The mafia is now Italy’s largest ‘bank’

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/the-mafia-is-now-italys-largest-bank/2012/01/11/gIQARWooqP_blog.html?hpid=z5

The crisis in Europe hasn’t been terrible for everyone. Reuters reports that, according to one anti-crime group, the Mafia is now Italy’s largest “bank,” lending out some $179 billion each year, more than any other financial institution in the country

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