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April 23, 2009

Italy fears mobsters will profit from quake

  • Some warn that crime clans with connections to cement companies, debris-removal firms and other businesses could enrich themselves from the estimated $16 billion in reconstruction projects.
    • By FRANCES D’EMILIO
    Associated Press Writer

    . AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino
    Firefighters on April 13 check destroyed buildings in central L’Aquila, Italy, a week after a deadly earthquake damaged thousands of buildings

    ROME — Even before all the debris from Italy's latest devastating earthquake is cleaned up, investigators fear that organized crime is poised to profit from contracts worth billions of dollars to rebuild schools, hospitals, courthouses and homes.


     
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