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Mafia offers rifles to jihadists for Libyan treasures

The Italian Mafia is selling assault Rifles to Islamic State leaders in Libya in return for looted archaeological treasures, according to an Italian newspaper. Leptis Magna, Libya [Credit: AFP]The feared ‘Ndrangheta gangsters sell on the priceless artefacts to Russian and Asian collectors. La Stampa reports that the Calabrian network, which dominates Europe’s drug trade, works with the Camorra in Naples to buy Kalashnikov rifles and...

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