A recent report has been claiming that countries in Europe should be encouraged by Italy when it comes to fronting people-trafficking.

Experts said that penal codes, which are fit for the mafia, should be developed by Europe as well. The same could help the country in coping with people-trafficking organisations in a sensible manner.

It is being said the report put forth by the committee of parliament on organized crime, corruption and money-laundering hinted towards Europe's upsetting slavery image.

Seemingly, some 270,000 people are sexual exploitation victims, while around 880,000 people in all in 28 EU member states are in forced labour. Besides, it is likely that some €25bn is earned each year by criminal gangs via human trafficking.

Thus, witness protection programmes are being urged to be developed by member states. The European parliament said that the programmes could help insiders as they team up with investigators. Also, assets that are grabbed from criminals could be used again for social purposes.

The mafia, as per the findings, is not Italian anymore. The same is actually far and wide in Europe.

"We are dealing with an octopus-like European mafia that is feeding off the current crisis and has its tentacles wrapped around member states' assets", affirmed Slovenian MEP Tanja Fajon.