Blood Ties

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A massive bestseller in its native Italy & a book that can justly be compared with Roberto Saviano's Gomorrah Blood Ties is a terrifying account of the 'ndrangheta's criminal activities over the last four decades. Originally from Calabria this sinister organization has
- like the Mafia in Sicily & the Camorra in Naples
- a vicious hold over northern Italy & 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 state's 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 & strengthens its position through corruption drug smuggling gun running violence extortion & kidnapping. Visceral compelling & terrifyingly readable it paints a brutally vivid picture of the most dangerous & powerful of the Italian mafias one which demands to be read.