[camworld]

About 10 years ago I was going to start an adventure travel company in Krasnoyarsk, but I backed out at the last moment because I was informed that the local mafia would have extorted me into extinction within a few months just because I was an American trying to start a business in Siberia. Too bad; it would have been fun bringing rich Americans into Siberia to spend their money in a local, depressed economy.

[waterside81]

This is the same reason there are next-to-no resorts in southern Italy. The mob wants a cut, so nobody develops.

[guard-of-terra]

However there are a lot of resorts on Sicily. I'm unsure what it tells us.