Ndrangheta is not in Naples, organized crimes has different names in different parts of the southern Italy.
That unfortunately doesn't change the fact that we have organized crime in Naples (Camorra).
And I'm sorry and sad to say it but northern Italy has been reached by organized crime a long time ago (they have different businesses, they work in different ways, but they are there).
Disclaimer: I'm Italian, and I'm from Naples.
Point taken and thanks for the correction. I would have to ask however, would mafia tentacles reach into software based businesses if it's basically a development office?
It is expected they'd do, people collectively seem to believe they'd do, but concretely there hasn't been any large public case. (keyword: public)
Speaking of unemployment. I stumbled upon this animation of unemployment rates in europe some days ago:
http://i.imgur.com/ZR1hNnr.gif
The difference between northern and southern Italy is staggering, it's like they're two entirely different countries...
I couldn't stop looking at the migration of workers from the eastern countries to the western.
Many people dream of living in Italy but jobs being short, this may be an alternative where you make your own job --and of course, the expectation if you create more jobs and value for Italians.
[addendum]Besides, most likely Italy would be your 'base' and Europe, NAmerica, etc your market --so the poor state of the Italian economy may not enter much into the equation about viability due to local economic climate.