Italy’s Draghi warns of expansion in mafia activity

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Mario Draghi, the governor of the Bank of Italy, on Friday said all parts of Italy's economy were now vulnerable to mafia organisations.

At the University of Milan, Draghi said: "Organised crime can damage the fabric of a society, undermine democracy, hold it back where it should still be strengthened. In southern Italy, the presence of Mafia organisations are long-standing and part of local roots."

Draghi said mafia activity was largely concentrated in the south of the country in the Sicily

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