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| Mafia's are providing food and cash to Italy's struggling people ! |
Italy upset by coronavirus. So far, over 18,000 people have died of coronavirus in the country. Friday's death toll in the country is more than six hundred. Meanwhile, the country's mafia cycle is under pressure from the government. It is reported that the Mafia's are providing food and cash to people of the region who have not been able to do any kind of work for the last one month.
Some recently released video footage showed mafia donating in different areas of the city such as Campania, Calabria and Sicily. In addition, they have been providing cash assistance to families who have not been able to earn a penny for the last one month.
Nicola Gratteri, antimafia investigator and head of the prosecutor’s office in Catanzaro, told the Guardian,“For over a month, shops, cafés, restaurants and pubs have been closed,“Millions of people work in the grey economy, which means that they haven’t received any income in more than a month and have no idea when they might return to work. The government is issuing so-called shopping vouchers to support people. If the state doesn’t step in soon to help these families, the mafia will provide its services, imposing their control over people’s lives.”
The Italian minister of the interior, Luciana Lamorgese, said ‘‘the mafia could take advantage of the rising poverty, swooping in to recruit people to its organisation’’
The police is not sitting in this situation. Police are working to ensure that mafia do not exert themselves in the name of delivering food to needy people. An international news media reports that police presence in Naples has increased. Italian police claim that many people in the region join the mafia and delivering food to homes.
Some ordinary people have been arrested and interrogated on this charge. Although most of them refused to work for the mafia and claimed that they has only done charitable work. They claim they have no contact with any mafia gang.
According to the latest news, 143,626 people have been infected with coronavirus in Italy. Of these, 18,279 died. In addition, 96,877 people are under treatment and 3,605 of them are in critical condition.