Since the 1930s, mafia organisations and banks throughout the world have seen their interests converge as the international financial system evolves.
The 1980s are dominated by the wolves of Wall Street and sees a meteoric rise in cocaine and heroin trafficking. For criminal organisations, the money laundering needs are immense, and certain banks welcome them with open arms.
With the end of the Cold War, new globalised markets open up for the mafia, dirty money becomes more untraceable than ever, and certain banks emerge as the main sources for handling the mafia's shady finances.
Christophe Bouquet
Director
