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Naples cops FALCHI

Naples, Italy. However, high unemployment and waste management problems continue to affect Naples; Italian media have attributed the city's waste disposal issues to the activity of the Camorra organised crime network.However, the late-2000s recession had a severe impact on the city, intensifying its waste-management and unemployment problems. By August 2011, the number of unemployed in the Naples area had risen to 250,000, sparking public protests against the economic situation.In June 2012, allegations of blackmail, extortion and illicit contract tendering emerged in relation to the city's waste management issues.A select corps of plainclothes policemen called FALCHI patrols the city on motorbikes. This is the anti-hijacking squad.