Mafiopoli: Living Among the ’Ndrangheta – Italy's Most Powerful Crime Organisation

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Sanne de Boer

Mafiopoli

Living Among the ’Ndrangheta – Italy's Most Powerful Crime Organisation

Sanne de Boer

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English

Monoray
24 September 2024

True crime; Organised crime

'Part memoir, part shoe leather investigative journalism, Mafiopoli is a vital exploration of how organised crime takes hold of a society from the bottom up and spreads around the world.' -Miles Johnson, author of Chasing Shadows

'Beautifully written, excellently researched.' -Mick Van Wely

'An exceptional investigation into the global muscle of the Calabrian mafia.' -StrongWords book of the week

'It's easy to think you're listening to a thriller or TV drama but this is real life... impeccably researched... [Sanne de Boer is] an unstoppable force with an unstoppable audiobook' -Bookriot

The 'Ndrangheta mafia is one of the most powerful criminal organizations in the world.

Bound together by blood ties, sworn to a code of silence and steeped in religious ritual, they are the force behind a litany of violence and corruption. In Mafiopoli, journalist Sanne De Boer takes us deep inside this extraordinary and ascendant criminal group.

In 2006, de Boer moved from Amsterdam to coastal Calabria, won over by the region's beauty and the warm village community. But when a car was set alight in the dead of night and, soon after, two men were shot dead, she began to see a darker side to her quiet, idyllic neighbourhood, kindling a strong desire to know more about what - or who - was behind these frequent crimes.

MAFIOPOLI is an engrossing insight into a brutal criminal organization. As Sanne de Boer pieces together the mysterious events and violence marring her new home, she dives headfirst into figuring out who the 'Ndrangheta are, and how they became such a dominant force. She speaks to people intimately connected to the 'Ndrangheta, explores the mafia's links throughout Europe and beyond,

and gets to grips with exactly why all our lives are, in

shocking ways, affected by their reign.

By: Sanne de Boer
Imprint: Monoray
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9781800962125
ISBN 10: 1800962126
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 24 September 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Sanne de Boer is a Dutch journalist who has lived in Calabria since 2006. She is the first foreign journalist based in Calabria to write about the 'Ndrangheta, and regularly appears on TV and radio as a mafia expert. Her first book, Mafiopoli, was published originally in Dutch in 2020 and nominated for the 'Brusseprijs', a very prestigious award for the best book of journalism.

Reviews for Mafiopoli: Living Among the ’Ndrangheta – Italy's Most Powerful Crime Organisation

A splendid book about the ruthless Ndrangheta in Italy. Beautifully written, excellently researched. * Mick van Wely, crime journalist for De Telegraaf * One of the best books on the mafia available. * NBD Biblion *