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The Mafia, or Cosa Nostra, is a highly structured, secret criminal organization originating in 19th-century Sicily and expanding to the U.S. in the early 1900s. Characterized by strict codes of silence (omerta) and loyalty, these groups engage in extortion, drug trafficking, gambling, and labor racketeering.
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Sicilian Mafia. The Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra; Sicilian: 'Our Thing'), also simply referred to as the Mafia, is an Italian criminal society and criminal organization originating on the island of Sicily and dating bac
Show notesThe 'Ndrangheta, Outside Italy, part 4. Spain. According to Giuseppe Lombardo, Public Prosecutor at the Anti-Mafia District Directorate of Reggio Calabria, the ‘Ndrangheta has established a strong and discreet presence i
Show notesThe 'Ndrangheta, Outside Italy, part 3. Canada. During a press conference in Vaughan, Ontario, Fausto Lamparelli of the Italian State Police, offered this comment about the relationship between the 'Ndrangheta in Ontario
Show notesThe 'Ndrangheta, Outside Italy, part 2. Canada. According to a May 2018 news report, "Siderno's Old World 'Ndrangheta boss sent acolytes to populate the New World" including Michele (Mike) Racco who settled in Toronto in
Show notesThe 'Ndrangheta, Outside Italy, part 1. The 'Ndrangheta has established branches abroad, mainly through migration. The overlap of blood and mafia family seems to have helped the 'Ndrangheta expand beyond its traditional
Show notesLaw enforcement operations in Italy. The 'Ndrangheta has expanded its operations into Northern Italy, primarily for drug trafficking and investment in legitimate businesses, which can be used for money laundering. In May
Show notesModern history. Until the 1960s, the 'Ndrangheta primarily confined its operations within Italy to Calabria, focusing mainly on extortion and blackmail. Their involvement in cigarette smuggling expanded their reach and f
Show notesCharacteristics. In 2007, Italian anti-organized crime agencies estimated the 'Ndrangheta's annual revenue to be approximately €35–40 billion (equivalent to US$35–40 billion), representing roughly 3.5% of Italy's GDP. Th
Show notesPower structure. Historically, individual family power structures served as the primary governing bodies within both Cosa Nostra and the 'Ndrangheta. These family structures have remained central to power dynamics, even
Show notesStructure. Organizational structure. Similar to the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, the 'Ndrangheta is structured as a loose confederation of approximately one hundred groups, referred to as cosche or families. Each group asserts
Show notesNdrangheta. The 'Ndrangheta is a mafia-type criminal syndicate originating from the Calabria region of Italy. Emerging in the 19th century, it has developed into one of the world's most powerful and pervasive organized c
Show notesThe Camorra, Current Status. With most of the old Camorra clans decapitated, and their bosses either dead or arrested, the organization is experiencing a rise in youth criminal gangs trying to take their places. This phe
Show notesThe Camorra, Outside Italy, part 3. Camorra-South American drug cartels. The links between the South American drug cartels and Camorra clans dates back to at least the 1980s, having stabilized numerous privileged drug ch
Show notesThe Camorra, Outside Italy, part 2. Switzerland. The Camorra has had a presence in Switzerland for more than 50 years, undertaking money laundering but also arms trafficking and drug trafficking. The Casalesi clan is pre
Show notesThe Camorra, Outside Italy, part 1. Despite its origins, it presently has secondary ramifications in other Italian regions, like Lazio, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna and Piedmont in connection with the centres of national eco
Show notesEfforts to fight the Camorra, part 2. On 23 October 2019, the Italian police dismantled the Montescuro clan, arresting 23 important members of the organisation. The clan was headed by the elderly boss Carmine Montescuro,
Show notesEfforts to fight the Camorra, part 1. The Camorra has proven to be an extremely difficult organisation to fight within Italy. During the 1911–12 trial, Fabroni gave testimony on how complicated it was to successfully pro
Show notesThe Camorra, Activities. Compared to the Sicilian Mafia's pyramidal structure, the Camorra has more of a 'horizontal' structure. As a result, Camorra clans act independently of one another and are more prone to feuding.
Show notesThe Camorra, History. The most accepted hypothesis is that the term "Camorra" was born directly in Campania, around the 16th-17th century, finding its original etymological root in the same expression in Neapolitan and b
Show notesThe Camorra. The Camorra is an Italian Mafia-type criminal organization and criminal society originating in the region of Campania. It is one of the oldest and largest criminal organizations in Italy, dating to the 18th
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