Facilitating the Italian Mafia: The Grey Zone of Complicity and Collusion

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  • Felia Allum
    University of Bath
  • Rossella Merlino
  • Alessandro Colletti
Despite structural and operational differences, Italian mafias share an ability to expand and infiltrate global economies whilst remaining rooted within their local territory. They are not only the product of specific socio-economic and political conditions but also of the extensive complicity on which they can count. It is this fertile ‘grey zone’ of mafia relations with accomplices identified as enablers, facilitators, sponsors and helpers that is analysed here. Engaging with the existing literature and using a range of new judicial sources, including evidence from mafia trials, this article develops in-depth case studies to identify and examine the hidden face of Italian mafias.

Keywords

  • 'Ndrangheta, Camorra, Cosa Nostra, Italy, Organised crime, facilitators
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)79-101
JournalSouth European Society and Politics
Volume24
Issue number1
Early online date20 Feb 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
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