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Migrants across Mediterranean face uncertainty, Mafia

Clip: 6/7/2016 | 7m 36s

A migrant reception center that turned out to be a front for powerful Mafia families.

As summer arrives, thousands of migrants are embarking upon perilous Mediterranean crossings to get to Europe. In Sicily, authorities attempting to deal with the influx discovered a four-billion-dollar ruse: a migrant reception center that turned out to be a front for powerful Mafia families. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports.

06/07/2016 | Rating NR

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