Description
''Part memoir, part shoe leather investigative journalism, Mafiopoli is a vital exploration of how organised crime takes hold of a society from the bottom up and spreads around the world.'' -Miles Johnson, author of Chasing Shadows
''Beautifully written, excellently researched.'' -Mick Van Wely
''An exceptional investigation into the global muscle of the Calabrian mafia.'' -StrongWords book of the week
The ''Ndrangheta mafia is one of the most powerful criminal organizations in the world. Bound together by blood ties, sworn to a code of silence and steeped in religious ritual, they are the force behind a litany of violence and corruption. In Mafiopoli, journalist Sanne De Boer takes us deep inside this extraordinary and ascendant criminal group.
In 2006, de Boer moved from Amsterdam to coastal Calabria, won over by the region''s beauty and the warm village community. But when a car was set alight in
