The Italian Catholic Church said the Mafia’s grip on the country’s poorer south is like a “cancer” that’s spread across the nation and “poisons” society. “In the past 20 years, crime groups have grown roots across the whole Italian territory, developing economic activities and exploiting the most evolved capitalist methods to strengthen their hold,” said Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, head of Italy’s bishops’ conference, according to an e-mailed copy of a speech delivered in Rome today.
Italian organized crime boomed as the country’s economy shrank last year, Rome-based anti-racketeering group SOS Impresa said in its annual report last month.
Italy’s main crime groups boosted their profit by 12 percent to more than 78 billion euros ($106 billion), it said.
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