Blood Ties: The Calabrian Mafia

More ruthless than the Mob more powerful than the Camorraa searing insider account of the Calabrian Mafia A massive bestseller in its native Italy and a book that can justly be compared with Roberto Savianos Gomorrah Blood Ties is a terrifying account of the Ndranghetas criminal activities over the last four decades. Originally from Calabria this sinister organization haslike the Mafia in Sicily and the Camorra in Naplesa vicious hold over northern Italy and much of the rest of the country too a stranglehold that is growing every day. Told to the authors by an insider Pippo di Bella a "pentito " a former member of the gang now turned states evidence it reveals many hitherto unknown operations as well as throwing new light on well-known cases from the past. It shows an organization which retains and strengthens its position through corruption drug smuggling gun running violence extortion and kidnapping. Visceral compelling and terrifyingly readable it paints a brutally vivid picture of the most dangerous and powerful of the Italian mafias and demands to be read.