Finance police officers wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 stand guard during the first hearing of a maxi-trial against more than 300 defendants of the ndrangheta crime syndicate, outside a specially constructed bunker near the Calabrian town of Lamezia Terme, southern Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. A maxi-trial opened Wednesday in southern Italy against the ndrangheta crime syndicate, arguably the world's richest criminal organization that quietly amassed power in Italy as the Sicilian Mafia lost its influence. (AP Photo/Andrea Rosa) Foto: Andrea Rosa

Pandemien ble en gullgruve for mafiaen

Da koronapandemien traff Italia, var det bare et spørsmål om tid før mafiaen fant enda en inntektskilde.