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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 Confessor Chantey[I am not quite sure about the name of the association in bold ], an association of shop keepers, Mafia 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.