Mafia is now Italy's 'biggest bank'

 'Ndrangheta: This 19th century syndicate from the Calabria region is considered to be one of the most powerful criminal organisations in the world - with a remarkable ability to migrate to other countries, including Argentina, the Netherlands and Australia.
  Organised crime is the biggest earner in Italy - with a turnover of more £100 billion a year - according to a report by business chiefs. 
Extortion and intimidation is used to extract millions from shopkeepers, restaurants, cinemas, construction companies and thousands of other businesses as the godfathers spread their criminal enterprises across the whole of the country.
As a result of the ongoing economic crisis the Mafia is also cashing in with its traditional money-raising means of loan sharking - charging extortionate interest rates to hard-pressed businesses who are unable to raise funds

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2085209/Mafia-Italys-No-1-bank-profits-100bn-year.html

Is Your Phone Bugged?

Today's 'buggers' are so sophisticated that is almost impossible for the ordinary citizen to detect.
Monte's Investigations have the most sophisticated equipment to detect whether rooms, telephones and mobile telephones are bugged or compromised. We use detection equipment only available to law enforcement agencies.

However this short video explores ways to determine if your cell phone has been compromised by some of the equipment available from places like Ebay. While it's obviously unlikely that this would happen to most people.

Be warned though- simple bugging devices can backfire badly when not used by a  professional and can leave the bugger open to be traced. It is illegal in most countries to bug devices.