A01=Tom Behan
Author_Tom Behan
Category=DNXC
cirillo affair
criminal
economic
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europe
expert
illegal
influence
italian history
late 18th eigteenth century
mafia
nuvoletta gang
organized
origin
political force
power
senior lecturer
southern italy
syndicate
underground
Product details
- ISBN 9781848850187
- Weight: 372g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A century before the emergence of its cousin, the Sicilian mafia, the criminal organisation known as 'The Camorra' was establishing a deadly grip on Naples and Southern Italy. Its influence today is as strong as ever. This account of the organisation and its shadowy leaders reveals a crime syndicate of extraordinary power and resources: it involves the major political parties, along with the police, judiciary, administrators and leading figures in the business community.
'Tom Behan, who died in August 2010 aged 53, was an expert on Italian organised crime. He was a lecturer in Italian at the University of Kent at Canterbury, and wrote numerous books, including 'Defiance: The Story of One Man Who Stood Up to the Sicilian Mafia' (I.B.Tauris).'
