Mafia is now Italy’s ‘biggest bank’ – and they’re squeezing the life out of small business (quite literally)

Organised crime is the biggest earner in Italy – with a turnover of more £100 billion a year – according to a report by business chiefs.

Extortion and intimidation is used to extract millions from shopkeepers, restaurants, cinemas, construction companies and thousands of other businesses as the godfathers spread their criminal enterprises across the whole of the country.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2085209/Mafia-Italys-No-1-bank-profits-100bn-year.html#ixzz1jHrX5EQf

Top 15 Comic Book Villainesses

Although the traditional melodramas portrayed most villains as moustache-bearing males the idea of evil, misguided or just plain confusing female villains has been around since time began – ranging from wicked witches to seductive sirens. Female villains  are  just as capable of sowing misery as their male counterpart, except moustache : )  So, we present you our choice of comic books top female villaines.