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1/ THREAD: The recent investigations on the #ndrangheta in #Switzerland are an important sign of the time we are living. We have global markets for local criminal groups. It's crucial to remember what we are dealing with when we talk about #mafia #mobility https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/police-raid-swiss-arm-of-ndrangheta-mafia-clan-56bn076hr
2/ Especially the #ndrangheta. You need ingredients to make a mafia - you need #reputation -> the 'ndrangheta is now a brand. You need reserve of #violence -> the ndrangheta clans have weapons and intimidation techniques. You need #control of territories through money and power.
3/ -> the 'ndrangheta clans live and exploit their territories. But we should never confuse the organisation #ndrangheta with its actors. The 'ndrangheta is and remain a family-based mafia organisation - individuals and clans are the actors. https://www.thelocal.it/20190709/meet-the-ndrangheta-its-time-to-bust-some-myths-about-the-calabrian-mafia
4/ Norms, mafia behaviours, shared methods, shared family ties, rituals and coordination structures make the organisation, and keep it resilient and save it from human mistakes of its actors. There is no determinism in what a #ndrangheta clan will do or can do in Italy or abroad
5/ open access my article on the history of the #ndrangheta in #Australia and the difficulty of policing something you don't fully understand.
http://repository.essex.ac.uk/24490/1/Sergi_-The_Ndrangheta_Down_Under_Constru.pdf
http://repository.essex.ac.uk/24490/1/Sergi_-The_Ndrangheta_Down_Under_Constru.pdf
6/ The perfect global approach mixed with local specificity. Let's all be careful in NOT personifying what is an organisation to create fictitious enemies - an enemy might not be defeated, the 'ndrangheta clans, individuals, agency and behaviours can. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319325842
7/ The strength of the #Calabrian mafia is in both its unity traits and its diffuse and plural identity. The clans' isomorphism + markets' welcoming foreign money without 'identity', make it possible for different clans to adapt to different markets. https://www.the-fence.com/issues/issue-4/on-the-trail-of-the-ndragheta
