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‘Ndrangheta Movements Around the World

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Following from the previous chapter, this fourth and conclusive chapter of Part I shall look at the presence of ‘ndrangheta clans outside of Italy. It will present and describe the importance of family ties and migration routes for ‘ndrangheta settlements, with the specific cases of Germany and Switzerland in Europe and, outside of Europe, with reference to the cases of Canada and Australia. In particular, this chapter shall look at different movements of ‘ndrangheta clans, their structures and their relationships with Calabrian clans, and their activities and their reputation abroad.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Operation Crimine, No. 1389/2008 R.G.N.R. DDA.

  2. 2.

    Investigative Antimafia Directorate (DIA), I Rep., No.125/I/IIIDiv/H14, Prot. 020464 Roma 17.05.2011.

  3. 3.

    Operation Mauser, No. 3427/06 R.G. GIP.

  4. 4.

    Operation Acero, No. 7428/2010 R.G.N.R. DDA.

  5. 5.

    Operation Krupy, No. 57055/12 R.G.N.R. DDA .

  6. 6.

    Operation Krupy, No. 57055/12 R.G.N.R. DDA, p. 65.

  7. 7.

    Interview in Catanzaro, DDA Procura della Repubblica, 05 January 2014, translated from Italian.

  8. 8.

    Operation Crimine, No. 1389/2008 R.G.N.R. DDA.

  9. 9.

    Operation Crimine, No. 1389/2008 R.G.N.R. DDA, p. 144.

  10. 10.

    Interview in Reggio Calabria, DDA Procura della Repubblica, 16 December 2015, translated from Italian.

  11. 11.

    Operation Siderno Group No. 24/92 R.G.N.R. DDA.

  12. 12.

    Operation Crimine, No. 1389/2008 R.G.N.R. DDA.

  13. 13.

    Operation Crimine, No. 1389/2008 R.G.N.R. DDA, sentence GUP 2010, p. 198.

  14. 14.

    Operation Falsa Politica, No.7144/2011 R.G.N.R. DDA + No. 4607/2011 R.G. GIP.

  15. 15.

    Operation Falsa Politica, No.7144/2011 R.G.N.R. DDA + No. 4607/2011 R.G. GIP, pp. 717–718.

  16. 16.

    The “copiata” is the set of three names that every new affiliate of a superior ranking needs to remember as the three people, higher in ranking, who gave him the new charge.

  17. 17.

    Operation Olimpia, No. 104/95 R.G.N.R. DDA.

  18. 18.

    Operation Crimine, No. 1389/2008 R.G.N.R. DDA, sentence GUP 2010, p. 200.

  19. 19.

    Interview in Reggio Calabria, DDA Procura della Repubblica, 04 April 2015, translated from Italian.

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Sergi, A., Lavorgna, A. (2016). ‘Ndrangheta Movements Around the World. In: 'Ndrangheta. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32585-9_4

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