The 'Ndrangheta and Sacra Corona Unita: The History, Organization and Operations of Two Unknown Mafia Groups (Studies of Organized Crime)

The 'Ndrangheta and Sacra Corona Unita: The History, Organization and Operations of Two Unknown Mafia Groups (Studies of Organized Crime)

Language: English

Pages: 198

ISBN: B00KBJNTGC

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


This book covers two lesser known but important members of the Italian Mafia: the ’Ndrangheta and the Sacra Corona Unita. Italian criminal organizations, in particular Mafia, are one of the most commonly researched organized crime groups, usually focusing on the Sicilian Mafia, Cosa Nostra, or the Neapolitan Mafia, Camorra. However, Italy has other two other Mafias, one in Apulia, Sacra Corona Unita, and the other in Calabria, ’Ndrangheta. Although an extensive literature is available on Cosa Nostra and Camorra, less is known about the other two organizations, particularly their operations in the United States. Territory is one of the most important elements in the Mafia because the criminal organization operates its signoria territoriale, controlling every illegal activity in its sphere of action. This territorial power goes beyond the Italian boundaries reaching the United States of America and other non-European countries, with the mere aim of developing their drug/weapon deals and money laundering businesses. Mafia, therefore, is not a uniquely Italian phenomenon as it might appear, but a worldwide phenomenon, affecting many societies and economies. This unique volume is its interest into a field as yet completely provides new information about the ’Ndrangheta and Sacra Corona Unita written by an interdisciplinary group of Italian scholars. It covers organizational, hierarchic, and operative aspects: that is, the role that they have in politics, in their own families, in business relations in Italy and abroad. It also highlights the particular role that Cosa Nostra and Camorra had in their development. This work will be of interest to criminology researchers studying organized crime, corruption, money laundering and trafficking, as well as researchers from related fields, such as political science, economics, and international relations.

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Area, 4, 59 H Honor, 11, 15, 37, 66, 70, 78, 119, 128 Honored man, 15, 25, 26, 27, 88 Honored society, 72 I Imerti, Nino, 57, 67 Isola Felice, 71 Italian criminal organization, 1, 10, 11, 82, 125, 139 history of, 133 L Lecce, 5, 6, 8, 9, 102, 113, 135, 140 Legal education, 29 Liguria, 2, 3, 33, 35, 49, 59, 87, 93 Liquid Mafia, 81, 82 Locale, 3, 53, 89 Lombardy, 2–4, 33, 35, 43, 44, 49, 71, 72, 87, 93 Lupara bianca, 113 M Mafia family, 20, 24, 29, 30, 57, 68, 83, 85, 86 Mafia-like criminal.

Eros, the negation of life” (Abruzzese 1993, p. 208). Those who are not fully versed in such training of cold detachment, as for instance a Mafia white-collar, become aware of this with great astonishment. A collaborator of justice narrates: I, for example, invited them to some evenings that I organized in this place that I had with these G. brothers where I had some beautiful girls (!). These, on the contrary, preferred to stay among themselves, I don’t know if you understand, and they had, even.

Amici miei non ci sono mai stati, e loro preferivano, invece, anche se venivano là rimanere appresso a un bicchiere, una cosa, e parlare sempre: di come dovevano distruggere “a vita” a gente! Che le voglio dire? Hanno una sessualità repressa. Loro non ne parlano mai di sesso, a parte il rapporto che poi è pure sporadico, ma sporadico (!) (…) perché era talmente impegnato a andare ad ammazzare a gente (ride), come, come fa? E allora, però, dal punto di vista ses­ suale, hanno, parlando di.

And “crimine canadese” in Canada6 that coordinate the local groups and are in connection with the “Crimine” in Calabria. The second expansion modality, delocalization, is a more silent presence within the social milieu of the city. These Mafiosi, who are not grouped into a locale, conduct some “legitimate” business in order to prevent obstacles in their illegal business. An example of this course of action is in Rome,7 where criminal groups belonging to the ’Ndrangheta have been identified.

Configure relations within the cosca as well as between them. To pursue the matter it could be useful to make a comparison between the Sicilian and Calabrian Mafia.11 First of all, we must observe that, in both organizations, the Mafia “families” are distinguished from the biological families of their members. In Cosa Nostra, the Mafia family corresponds in a modest amount to the blood family. This, however, does not mean that blood ties are not important; indeed the parental tie between honored.

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