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UN report on mafias: 95 thousand murders per year, a figure equal to war victims
2026-05-23 15:03:07 / BOTA
From 2000 to the present, global mafias have killed 95,000 people a year, according to the UN in its first report on criminal organizations in the world, putting the figure on par with the number of victims of war.
"They kill as much as wars kill ," said Giovanni Gallo, head of the United Nations Office on Crime, during the presentation in Palermo of the first global report on global criminal organizations, on the anniversary of the Capaci massacre.
The report analyzes the evolution of the international mafia from the Palermo Convention against Organized Crime, signed in 2000, to the present day.
The study analyzes in detail four aspects: the high number of murders by criminal gangs and the development of technologies that have expanded the range of victims, making anyone a potential target for large-scale extortion and online fraud. The study also found that the mafia's most profitable activity remains drug trafficking.
Suffice it to say that along the Balkan route, the illicit trade in heroin and methamphetamine generates between three and seven billion dollars a year, and cocaine generates at least ten times that amount. Over the years, the business has also diversified into environmental crimes, art trafficking, and illegal logging.
The study also highlights the continued use of violence and intimidation to exercise power. On average, one in five intentional killings worldwide is linked to criminal organizations. This figure increases in Latin America, where one in two murders is attributed to drug cartels.
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