<p><b>In MAFIA REPUBLIC, John Dickie, Professor of Italian Studies at University College, London and author of the international bestsellers COSA NOSTRA and MAFIA BROTHERHOODS, shows how the Italian mafias have grown in power and become more and more interconnected, with terrifying consequences. </b><br><br>In 1946, Italy became a democratic Republic, thereby entering the family of modern western nations. But deep within Italy there lurked a forgotten curse: three major criminal brotherhoods, whose methods had been honed over a century of experience. As Italy grew, so did the mafias. Sicily''s Cosa Nostra, the camorra from Naples, and the mysterious ''ndrangheta from Calabria stood ready to enter the wealthiest and bloodiest period of their long history.<br><br>Italy made itself rich by making scooters, cars and handbags. The mafias carved out their own route to wealth through tobacco smuggling, construction, kidnapping and narcotics. And as criminal business grew exponentially, the ma
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The author of the bestselling COSA NOSTRA explores the previously underexposed mafias of Southern Italy.
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Evnen til å drepe og komme unna med det er den sicilianske mafiaens grufulle styrke, og det som har gitt den så stor makt. Brorskapet er kjent for de fleste gjennom filmer som Gudfaren, og forestillingene er preget av myter og romantikk. John Dickies...
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