The mafia in Italy -- that made around 140 billion euro (around $178 billion) in 2010 through money lending, extortion and robbery -- generated far greater money than Eni, the country's oil giant, according to a new report.

The report by Confesercenti, a business association representing 270,000 small and medium Italian businesses, said the Rome-based Eni, one of Europe's top multinational oil exploration companies, registered around 99 billion euros ($126 billion) in sales in 2010.