The blades of turbines on a wind farm catch the wind. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
EUROPE’S booming wind energy industry is being exploited by criminals, according to Kroll, the corporate security group.
Criminals see an opportunity to tap into billions of euros’ worth of European Union subsidies.
Organised groups linked to the Italian Mafia are among those to have infiltrated the industry, Jason Wright, senior director of Kroll’s consulting group, told The Times.
While emphasising that the overwhelming majority of European wind projects were “entirely legitimate”, he said that criminals were increasingly investing in the industry, both to qualify for subsidies and to launder profits from drug-running and other illegal activities. read the rest the Australian
