ITALY: The organised crime unit says the mafia are exploiting the pandemic to take over failing businesses with the proceeds of drug-trafficking. They are also poised to get access to billions in EU recovery funds, Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate chief Maurizio Vallone lamented. Mobsters are buying up restaurants, cafes and small businesses and big players like the Neapolitan Camorra are expanding their reach north, he warned. INDIA: The coastguard said today it had picked up a boat in the Andaman Sea carrying 82 surviving Rohingya refugees and eight who had died. The boat left Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar on February 11. Its engine failed 10 days ago, India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesman Anura Srivastava said.