It is true that organized crime infiltrating into the legitimate economy is not a new phenomenon. Well before my father's time, or the time of people around this table, organized crime had already taken over construction companies, ice cream manufacturers and all kinds of other businesses. It is just that it is all about profits at the moment. There is a staggering amount of money to be made, and economic times are tough. So of course there are risks. Investigations are under way at the moment. I do not want my testimony to give the impression that only one sector is involved. You are going to become aware of a number of things in the months ahead. Other sectors are being investigated, not just construction. I do not want to talk about injections of money, or any kind of link with any organization or union. Rather, I feel that it is important to bear in mind that our planned investigations show that the facilitators have their eyes on all these areas at the moment. There are more and more of them, and it is more and more difficult, not to say impossible, to fight sophisticated people who know their areas well. They are well educated; they have used state support to acquire their knowledge. They are now supporting organized crime and there is nothing in our present legislation that can touch them and their recycling.
On April 20th, 2009. See this statement in context.