In research published in Management Science, Slutsky and co author Stefan Zume of the University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne. Look at what happens to the economy in Italy when law enforcement cracks down on organized crime. Quote, when you fight the mafia, companies start competing on price and quality so that they'll have incentives to innovate, end quote. That according to Slutsky, organized crime distorts the competitive landscape at the very local level, acting as a barrier to market entry and competition, which disrupts economic efficiency