Italian Mafia rakes in billions as global economy struggles

NAPLES, April 26 — While businesses around the world are hunkering down for survival, the Italian mob is living a golden moment. Italy’s various organised crime syndicates — often lumped together colloquially as Mafia Inc. — are gobbling up gas stations, muscling in on supermarket franchises, making loans to cash-starved businesses, taking over trattorias and acquiring buildings in swank ...