At the outset, Covid-19 and the lockdown disoriented organised crime and its activities as much as the rest of us. But organised crime is not only adapting to the present, it is preparing to carve a lucrative future out of the crisis. For more on this Pat was joined by Misha Glenny, author of McMafia, and a Fellow at the Berggruen Institute thinktank.

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