Mafia Wind Energy Plot Foiled

Being an Italian-American, I've watched the Godfather somewhere in the neighborhood of 1.2 million times.  In fact, my oldest brother learned the basics of Italian (which he speaks pretty well) from Godfather II.  "Cicc', a porta!"

So with the glamorous suit-and-tie Mafia in my head, you can imagine my surprise to hear the latest Mafia plot to invest in wind power in Sicily.  INVEST.  Not steal.  Not intimidate.  Not even to extort... To invest.

Acccording to the Associated Press: Italian police on Tuesday arrested mobsters, businessmen and local politicians who allegedly used corrupt practices and bribes to gain control of a project to build wind farms in Sicily.

Operation "Aeolus," named after the ancient Greek god of winds, netted eight suspects, arrested in the Trapani area of western Sicily, as well as in Salerno on the Italian mainland and in the northern city of Trento.

Police in Trapani said the local Mafia bribed city officials in nearby Mazara del Vallo so the town would invest in wind farms to produce energy.

So Mafia muscle is now used to get in the front of the line to invest in clean energy.  Can you imagine? If this isn't a sign of changing times, what is?

Next, we'll hear the the Mob will is no longer in the "sanitation" business, opting instead for a back-room interest in American Girl (why else would that store be so impervious to recession?)

I guess clean energy is truly an offer we can't refuse.

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