Mafia Regrouping

According to The Guardian:

Italian mafia groups prepare to join forces

Leaders of Italy's three biggest organised crime syndicates are working together to negotiate the creation of an over-arching "crime cartel", according to an Italian MP with special access to the findings of investigators.

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The original mafia, Sicily's Cosa Nostra, was a major force in the global heroin trade. But, under the leadership of Bernardo Provenzano, the "boss of bosses" captured last year after more than 40 years on the run, the organisation underwent a period of retrenchment in which its mobsters focused their attention on extortion and the infiltration of the legitimate economy.

I'd keep an eye out, JT.