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" TikTok is the most used social media platform of the moment. It is the place where the criminal world can display its wealth through gold watches and luxury cars, attracting ignorant young people who only want money and are willing to put aside any ethics or morals. "
These are the words of Nicola Gratter, the chief anti-mafia prosecutor, now based in the southern city of Naples.
In an interview with the "La 7" television network, Gratteri analyzed the evolution of crowd communication networks, which now use the influence of social media on young generations to distort their perceptions of wealth and success.
" The Mafia has always behaved like a business, even a hundred years ago. For example, when Mafia figures made substantial offers to the saint of the church, in front of everyone, they were essentially doing advertising. It was a demonstration of power, similar to the acquisition, in the 1960s, of football coaches and teams, which then began to climb the competitive rankings ," he said.
A crime and drug network
The expert issues a warning, complaining about the lack of investment in technology in Italy: " Today, the mafia is more up-to-date than us; there are mafia syndicates capable of collaborating with foreign hackers to build new profiles on Instagram, WhatsApp , Telegram and thus build a communication system that evades official controls. Recently, Italy has not invested in technology, but beware: the future of the mafia lies in the web and dark web platforms. "
Even, according to Gratter, social media contribute significantly to the spread of drugs because "nowadays drugs also circulate on social networks, turning into a problem that transcends states and politics".
The prosecutor emphasizes the need to build a strong regulatory system to contain the damage.
" There is an alarming increase in the consumption of synthetic drugs because they are cheap, like Fentanyl, which has devastating effects and is killing thousands of young people in the United States. They call it the "zombie drug" because it causes the loss of all cognitive abilities. Or Bolivia's pink cocaine, odorless and extremely difficult for dogs to detect. Even China has problems controlling very high drug consumption among young people," he said .
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