See Naples and Die: The Camorra and Organised Crime

Tom Behan

Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2002 - True Crime - 324 pages

A century before the emergence of its cousin, the Sicilian Mafia, the criminal organization known as "The Camorra" was establishing a deadly grip on Naples and Campania. Today, their influence is as strong as ever. Tom Behan's vivid and riveting account of the Camorra and its shadowy leaders reveals a crime syndicate of extraordinary power and resources. The are involved in the major political parties, the police, judiciary, administrators, and leading figures in the business community. Behan shows how all levels of the Italian state--including the judiciary--are so corrupt and in hock to the Camorra, that all reformist solutions are bankrupt.

Contents

• The origins of the Camorra and the Mafia: 17
• The postwar development of the Camorra: 47
• The administrative economy and: 85
• The business camorra of the Nuvoletta: 106
• The Cirillo affair: 131
• How the Camorra works: 155
• Criminal politics: 192
• Who will stop the Camorra?: 229
• Conclusion Ha dda passa a nuttata: 255
• Tables: 281
• Index: 321

About the author

Tom Behan is Senior Lecturer in Italian in the School of European Culture and Languages at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Bibliographic information

• Title: See Naples and Die: The Camorra and Organised Crime; Tauris Parke Paperbacks
• Author: Tom Behan
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2002
• ISBN: 1860647839, 9781860647833
• Length: 324 pages
• Subjects: True Crime / Espionage