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[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They are literally run by cartels for money laundering.

[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

While both Mafia ties and money laundering were true, these days the strip is almost completely corporate owned, which is somehow worse.

[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah and those cooperations are Subcontractors of shell companies wich are owned by some Mafiosi.

[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Actually, it's the Mormon Church for a lot of them.

[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You really are keen on calling it a mafia.

I mean it is, call it religion or whatever but that doesn't make it less of a Mafia/Cartel

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Corporations are just mafias with a bigger payroll