THREAD: #ndrangheta #mobility this week has been all around the news. Before getting caught up by hysteria over this #mafia being everywhere, let's look at the analysis of the facts. First, the 'ndrangheta is NOT one, it can ACT LIKE ONE in Calabria and only when needed.
2/ Unity is in 1) mafia behaviours, 2) family unity, 3) horizontal coordination in "dense" mafia territories. The peculiarity of the 'ndrangheta is that #ethnicity - Calabrianness - matters eormously for the resilience of the organisation, but NOT for criminal activities.
3/ in #Argentina arrests for drug trafficking involved an Italian in Buenos Aires, not Calabrian, an Argentinian of Italian descent, a man from Rosarno linked to the #Bellocco clan - this is business, not ethnicity. clarin.com/policiales/mod…
4/ in the same #ICAN #Interpol operation that hit #Argentina, an Italian arrested in Costa Rica and an Albanian drug broker also for 'ndrangheta clans arrested in Tirana - cooperation based on 1) skills, 2) useful location and 3) similar goals (profits). adnkronos.com/fatti/cronaca/…
5/ in #Switzerland - Italian men were arrested for money laundering and counterfeit currency as part of an operation based in #Catanzaro - the easiness of establishing certain markets abroad protects and attracts mafia clans like any predatory offender thelocal.it/20200721/75-ar…
6/ These Swiss arrests won't mean much for the #ndrangheta but might mean something for the awareness of authorities in #Switzerland (as also said by @ZoraHauser in an interview - blick.ch/news/schweiz/n…) - surely, this is about criminal activities and not #mafia power.
7/ Also in the #UnitedKingdom it is about criminal activities and not power: money was seized by @COLP_Clan, laundered cash in #London by an Italian professional money launderer had #ndrangheta clans among his clients. standard.co.uk/news/crime/2mi…
8/ as said in a recent article of mine, written with #GuardiaDiFinanza Colonello Claudio Petrozziello for @The_Fence_Mag it is the structure of the financial sector in #UK that attracts proceeds of crimes for laundering, those of the mafias' among others. the-fence.com/issues/issue-4…
9/ For many occurrences of profit-oriented criminal activities, we still have power-seeking mobility struggles too. Many #ndrangheta clans have built a reputation for violence, and that acts as a reserve, an echo from Calabria to other locations, where ndranghetisti settle/expand
10/ #Nagara region is seeing a blood shed because of #Hamilton #mafia war, apparently between the Sicilian-friendly #Musitano and the #Buffalo, #LaCosaNostra friendly Luppino-Violi. See summary by @AD_Humphreys cochranetimespost.ca/news/canada/mu…
11/ The #Ontario mafia groups are the most hybrid of mafia organisations today and they pay the price of hybridsation. Even if one family seems to be down, war might not be over, as it goes beyond direct interested parties thestar.com/news/gta/2020/…
11/ The Calabrian roots of all Hamilton mafia families count to forge new alliances - the #SidernoGroup is strong #Toronto; it might support relatives in #Hamilton independently from their past 'identity' to 1) show off their power 2) expand their business academia.edu/33604360/Tale_…
12/ in #Toronto, however the #SidernoGroup - in the hybridisation that characterises mafias in #Canada - has established independency from Calabria - connections are alive, but clans in Calabria respond to #Toronto more than the other way around nationalpost.com/news/italian-p…
13/ All of this is 'ndrangheta #mobility. #ndrangheta is a brand not a unified being. It "moves" because clans exploit globalisationof markets and territories researchgate.net/publication/33…
14/ Moving for profit (illegal/quasi-legal) is the most common trait of #ndrangheta mobility, with links to motherland #Calabria for coordination, network capabilities and guarantees of 'underworld' reputation; power struggles come with renegotiation of criminal identity.
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