Board Thread:Anime/Game Discussion/@comment-29981284-20161228210504/@comment-4148373-20190219175600

Zodazzle wrote: It's not really ineffective to stop Passione's trade since they are the number one mafia in Italy and are one of the main reasons why Italy is so corrupt, but I get where you're coming from. It is pretty futile, and there will always be corruption, but the way I see it is that if you can decrease it, you might as well. Plus, most Mafias don't have ready access to supernatural powers. Pretty much all of La Squadra's abilities are a coroner's nightmare. "He died of hypoxia and being cut open from the inside", to use Metallica as an example, is not exactly a report that the cops would be able to do much with, in terms of investigating. And Bruno's team could probably get into a prolonged fight with the Italian SWAT-equivalent and win, if they were smart about it.

Hell, if you take Purple Haze Feedback as canon, even their drugs were supernatural, in that they don't stay drugs for very long (6 weeks, I think?), increasing demand and making their supply and exclusive control more stable than it would be dealing a non-paranormal drug. Also, it might be more addicting, not sure. Point is, pretty much anything shady Passione gets up to is likely significantly worse or more harmful to society, due to their high number of Stand Users.