How the Italian mafia makes millions from tinned tomatoes | It’s Complicated

If your tinned tomatoes come from southern Italy, it’s likely that organised crime had a hand in getting them from the farm to the supermarket shelf. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► The mafia controls much of the region’s agribusiness, and it’s big business, adding billions of euros to its yearly turnover. So how is the mafia making all this money, when tinned tomatoes are so cheap? Based on original reporting by Tobias Jones and Ayo Awokoya, Josh Toussaint-Strauss investigates. Are your tinned tomatoes picked by slave labour? ► The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► Sign up to the Guardian’s free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► Website ► Facebook ► Twitter ► Instagram ► The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► Guardian Australia ► Guardian Football ► Guardian Sport ► Guardian Live ► #Crime #Mafia #ModernSlavery #Tomatoes #Immigration #Italy #News