The concept of ‘pervasiveness’ measures how widespread and persistent illegal behaviour is and is one aspect used to classify the conduct on a range from ethical to criminal. Apply this concept to the water tanker mafia crisis. Which answer best describes the pervasiveness?

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Low — because the crisis is only concentrated in two provinces.

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Pervasiveness is irrelevant because what matters is the severity of individual incidents.

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Pervasiveness cannot be measured without exact statistics on the number of criminal incidents.

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Moderate — because only some municipalities are affected by mafia activity.

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High — because the crisis affects multiple provinces, operates at all levels and has been going on for over a decade.

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