'Ndrangheta fugitives make a large use of underground bunkers as shelter. 'Ndrangheta is widely regarded as the group that has filled the void left by Cosa Nostra on the international drug trafficking stage, gaining the crown of Europe's biggest drug cartel.Ī series of recent investigations has showed how its clans have become the favourite business partners for US mafia families, previously tied to the Sicilian mob.īesides drug trafficking, 'Ndrangheta gangs are involved in pretty much any profitable illicit activity, but prostitution, according to Ciconte. "While other groups send envoys to the north to close a deal and come back home, 'Ndrangheta mobsters arrive to stay," Ciconte said. This system has enabled 'Ndrangheta to become the first Italian mafia to have consolidated footholds in Italy's industrial north. Then, while there, this person acts as bridgehead for illegal traffics."
Families often decide to send a member to live and work - legally - in London, Paris or Australia. "Such structure also allows clans to create a stable presence abroad. "They do not cooperate with authorities because to them it means turning in a relative, a son, a cousin or a nephew," explained Enzo Ciconte, a professor of organised crime history at Rome's University. Part of its criminal success is owed to its secretive nature.Īs clans are founded on strict blood ties, members rarely turn informers, making detectives' work harder. In recent years, ' Ndrangheta has become Italy's most powerful and feared mafia group.
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