Does the Italian mafia account for 7% of Italy's GDP? Found it somewhere (which means I forgot where it was) and decided to ask about it here. Does the Italian mafia account for 7% of Italy's GDP?--prophetes.ai

Does the Italian mafia account for 7% of Italy's GDP? Found it somewhere (which means I forgot where it was) and decided to ask about it here. Does the Italian mafia account for 7% of Italy's GDP?

It's possible.

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> Mafia crime is 7% of GDP in Italy, group reports

Original report

The source is SOS Impresa, an association that supports businesses threatened by the Mafia. Thus they have a vested interest in inflating the number.

It's highly doubtful that there are meaningful statistics on a criminal organization that seeks to conceal it's activities. The SOS Impresa source is the most recent attempt at this.