Mafia increasingly targeting the metaverse
Mafia organisations are increasingly targeting the metaverse as the new frontier for criminal activity, according to a report released by the Anti-Mafia Investigative Directorate (DIA) on Thursday. The report, which refers to the second half of 2022 and focuses on encrypted communication platforms and, in general, on the internet and the darkweb, highlighted the ability of criminal organisations "to rapidly grasp the technological and economic-financial transformations on a global scale". The report also illustrated mafia clans' decreasing recourse to conventional violence and growing interest in business and investment and the opportunities offered by national and European funds. The report, which refers to the second half of 2022 and focuses on encrypted communication platforms and, in general, on the internet and the darkweb, highlighted the ability of criminal organisations "to rapidly grasp the technological and economic-financial transformations on a global scale". Calabria's 'Ndrangheta mafia continued to dominate organised crime in Italy, while Sicily's Cosa Nostra is reportedly attracting younger generations. In total assets worth 181.4 million euros were confiscated from mafia organisations during the reporting period. (ANSA).
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