The Italian mafia accounts for 7% of Italy’s GDP.
Italy’s four organized-crime syndicates — Sicily’s Cosa Nostra, the Camorra in Naples, Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta, and the Sacra Corona Unita in Puglia — together make up a “huge holding company with a total [sales] turnover of about 130 billion euros [about $165 billion] and profits approaching 70 billion euros [about $90 billion],” after investments and expenses, according to the study.