Seriously speaking some mafia families in Sicily because of the arrests and to pay the lawyers to members in prison started to took to grow marijuana for millions of euroin rural greenhouses; its were practically easy money and did not risk severe sentences, once in one of these greenhouses was found marijuana worth on the road of one million euros;
another example is the cavallo di ritorno aka steal a luxury car an get paied for have it back.
Yeah marijuana doesn't attract severe prison sentences and can be very profitable.
luxury car theft rings can be even bigger money.
