The ���Ndrangheta and Sacra Corona Unita

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 <i>signoria territoriale</i> 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.