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> The label "extra vergine" increases the price of oil so much that there is a huge economic incentive for fraud.

It's also a huge economic incentive for the Mafia to get involved, according to the Financial Times: https://outline.com/bH8KVt. It is a huge problem, and it doesn't stop at olive oil.

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Aren't "fraud" (on the scale we are talking about) and "the Mafia gets involved" kind of the same thing over there?

EDIT: I remember reading the article you linked, it's really good! Goes into much more than just olive oil fraud.

https://youtu.be/gCdXiOssbM0

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