There are growing reports the organised crime gang is already supporting families and businesses struggling in the lockdown.
"We are trying to stop the mafia from providing food to those in need."Luigi de Magistris, the mayor of Naples, has warned that the Mafia is ready to exploit the vulnerable in the city"It will look at the lack of cash flow for companies, shops, businesses and will try to give them money."
In Campania's capital, Naples, there are reports the Camorra gang is giving food to people who have lost their jobs and giving cash to struggling businesses.The mayor of Palermo first raised the issue of an increase in mafia activity in late March. Then after just one month of lockdown in Italy, Giuseppe Provenzano, the minister for the south, told Sky News he too was receiving reports the mafia was exploiting the poor.Rocco Ruotolo knows exactly what it means to be exploited by the gang.
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