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The Italian mafia is focussing less on using violence and more on infiltrating the legitimate economy and political corruption, an official report has concluded. Economic and social changes have meant organized crime has had to adapt its strategies, and is increasingly focusing on the so-called silent infiltration of the legal economy and bribery, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Italian Anti-Mafia Authority (Dia). The use of violence has not been completely abandoned by mafiosi, but it has decreased, the report found. In the past, mafia organizations such as Cosa Nostra, Camo…

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