Abstract

The long march of the ’Ndrangheta in Europe

Highlights

  • The Calabrian ’Ndrangheta is currently the most powerful and dangerous form of mafia in Europe. It has long since moved beyond its home territory and set about conquering the regions of northern Italy and, more recently, several European countries

  • The fall of the Berlin Wall resulted in great investment opportunities in Eastern Europe for all three major Italian mafia organizations

  • The important aspect is to ascertain what characterizes the models of expansion in Europe outside of Italy and whether these models correspond to those seen in northern Italy

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Summary

Introduction

The Calabrian ’Ndrangheta is currently the most powerful and dangerous form of mafia in Europe It has long since moved beyond its home territory and set about conquering the regions of northern Italy and, more recently, several European countries. European public opinion has had to take note, with great surprise, of a growing presence of the mafia organization in the Netherlands How is such an advance that sometimes seems unstoppable and which takes the form of a real social movement of conquest, possible? La ‘Ndrangheta al Nord, Einaudi, Torino 2012 These are questions that affect all the countries threatened by the presence of the 'Ndrangheta as well as the national and European institutions that are most directly involved in dealing with it. This is the most scientifically studied region among new mafia settlements/scenarios[4]

An unknown enemy: the ‘Ndrangheta
The context: successful factors
The motives of expansion
Methods and mechanisms
The expansion in Europe
The Lombard paradigm
Three models in Europe
The Swiss case
The German case
The pandemic risk
VIII. Concluding Remarks
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