Is The Mafia Helping ISIS Smuggle Oil Into Italy?

The Italian mafia may have teamed up with the Islamic State to
smuggle crude oil from the Middle East into Italy, an ongoing
police investigation has suggested, according to The Times who
cited a report by La Repubblica. The Italian daily noted that the
police had found substantial amounts of Libyan and Syrian crude
that were greater than some local refineries’ inventories, with
sources connected with the investigation saying that crude, “should
not have been there.” Yet the police have no evidence that the oil
came from IS, or…

The Italian mafia may have teamed up with the Islamic State to
smuggle crude oil from the Middle East into Italy, an ongoing
police investigation has suggested, according to The Times who
cited a report by La Repubblica. The Italian daily noted that the
police had found substantial amounts of Libyan and Syrian crude
that were greater than some local refineries’ inventories, with
sources connected with the investigation saying that crude, “should
not have been there.” Yet the police have no evidence that the oil
came from IS, or…