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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Organized crime > General
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Ghost
(Paperback)
Stephen M Wright
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R415
Discovery Miles 4 150
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Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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You are born into it or marry in. Loyalty is absolute, bloodshed
revered and you kill or go to your grave before betraying The
Family. This code of omerta is how the 'Ndrangheta became the
world's most powerful mafia. The Good Mothers is the story of the
women who broke the silence. We live in their buildings, work in
their companies, shop in their stores, eat in their restaurants and
elect politicians they fund. Founded more than 150 years ago by
shepherding families in the toe of Italy, the 'Ndrangheta is today
the world's most powerful mafia, with a crushing presence in
southern Italy, a market-moving size in global finance and a reach
that extends to fifty countries around the world. And yet,
remarkably, few of us have ever heard of it. The 'Ndrangheta's
power rests on a code of silence, omerta, enforced by a
claustrophobic family hierarchy and murderous misogyny. Men and
boys rule. Girls are married off as teenagers in arranged clan
alliances. Beatings are routine. A woman who is 'unfaithful' - even
to a dead husband - can expect her sons, brothers or father to kill
her to erase the 'family shame'. In 2009, when abused wife Lea
Garofalo 'disappears' after giving evidence against her mafiosi
husband, prosecutor Alessandra Cerreti realises the 'Ndrangheta's
bigotry may be its great flaw. The key to bringing down this
criminal empire is to free its women and allow them to speak out
and testify. When Alessandra finds two collaborators inside Italy's
biggest crime families, she must persuade them to cooperate, and
save themselves and their children. The stakes could not be higher.
Alessandra is fighting to save a nation. The mafiosi are fighting
for their existence. The women are fighting for their lives. Not
all will survive.
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Rekindled
(Paperback)
Kenneth Roland Williams Jr
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Discovery Miles 4 000
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