The Mafia has expanded its multi-billion pound toxic waste disposal racket to middle-class holiday hotspot Tuscany, a top prosecutor has warned.
Franco Roberti said that after flooding their Naples backyard with poisonous materials, the Camorra syndicate is now polluting one of the country's most famous tourist regions, as well as moving beyond Italy to eastern Europe.
The discovery of poisoned farmlands around Naples prompted street protests Mr Roberti, Italy's national anti-Mafia prosecutor, said investigators have uncovered Camorra toxic waste-dumping in the Prato area just 10 miles (17km) north of Florence, the capital of Tuscany.
He said Italy is also investigating a trail of waste being shipped to countries in eastern Europe, although he would not reveal which ones because the probe is ongoing.
Franco Roberti warned the toxic waste trade has spread to Tuscany Until recently, the toxic waste - mostly from industries in northern Italy - had been dumped in Naples and the surrounding area.
Investigators recently discovered that farmlands around Naples are contaminated with dangerous levels of arsenic, lead and other harmful materials.
The revelations prompted tens of thousands of people to march through the city's streets last month.
Mr Roberti said the southern territory where the Camorra holds sway "is a little saturated", pushing the mob into new areas.
Increasingly close ties between the Naples-based gangsters and Chinese organised crime make the Prato area a logical choice for new dumping grounds.
The Camorra has a long-running and profitable relationship with Chinese mobsters, who use the Prato area as a base for the manufacturing and illicit sale of fake designer clothing.
Mr Roberti said the Camorra has no need to shop around for customers among the factories, processing plants and hospitals of northern Italy.
Rows over the waste business have led to rubbish piling up in Naples After two decades in the racket, the Camorra are the go-to people for anyone who wants toxic waste to disappear for a fraction of the cost of what it takes to do it legally.
Past probes have found that the Camorra and their Chinese contacts have schemed together in the lucrative waste racket.
A 2005 operation code-named Marco Polo, carried out by Carabinieri paramilitary police, resulted in the confiscation in Naples' port of 20 containers loaded with toxic waste and hospital refuse ready for shipping to China and Hong Kong.
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