“Today mafias don't shoot, but their power has never been stronger.” In this new essay, Nicola Gratteri and Antonio Nicaso take us back into the dark heart of organized crime, uncovering its hidden links with financial markets and politics and showing how they have now become, in fact, “one and the same.” Through a lucid and documented analysis, the authors show how this linkage is undermining not only citizens' trust in institutions, but also the growth and economic development of corrupt countries.
As part of the review Le Voci dei Libri, in collaboration with Coop Alleanza 3.0
Nicola Gratteri is one of the most exposed magistrates in the fight against the 'ndrangheta. He investigated the Duisburg massacre and international drug trafficking routes. Together with Antonio Nicaso he has published, from Mondadori, several bestsellers: Fratelli di sangue, La malapianta, La giustizia è una cosa seria, La mafia fa schifo, Dire e non dire, Acqua santissima, Oro bianco, Padrini e padroni, Fiumi d'oro, Storia segreta della 'ndrangheta, La rete degli invisibili, Ossigeno illegale, Complicici e colpevoli, Fuori dai confini and Il grifone.
Antonio Nicaso, a historian of criminal organizations, is one of the world's leading experts on 'ndrangheta. He teaches, among other things, Social History of Organized Crime at Queen's University. He has written more than fifty books, including several international bestsellers. A highly successful television series was made from Bad Blood. He is the author, with Maria Barillà and Vittorio Amaddeo of When the 'ndrangheta Discovered America.