Three Italian men who went missing in Mexico at the end of January were sold to a criminal gang for €43 ($53), their relatives have told Italian media.
The reason for the Italians' trip to Mexico from their hometown of Naples is also unclear. Their family have said they were tourists, but Mexican prosecutors suspect the trio was part of a ring selling fake-brand power generators.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/italian-m...180101306.html

Rhetorically, what sort of profit margin is there on flogging fake-brand power generators?