Italian Organized Crime

The Italian O.C., divided in Cosa Nostra, ‘Ndrangheta, Camorra and Sacra Corona Unita, is a rich and powerful criminal enterprise with a lot of connections and branches around the world; according to authorities it has about 21.000 “made members” and more than 200.000 “associates”. The biggest business of Italian O.C. are drug trafficking, public contracts, extortions, frauds, gambling, weapons, constructions, video poker, money laundering and cigarettes smuggling.

Cosa Nostra is the principal organization inside Italian O.C.; in Sicily, its original place, it has about 6.000 “made members” and 60.000 “associates”; according to D.I.A and secret services, sicilian crime families and crews are present in United States, Canada, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, Germany, France, Belgium, England, Spain, Swiss, north eastern Italy, Romania, Serbia, Malta, Libya, Tunisia, Lebanon, South Africa, Namibia and Australia.

The ‘Ndrangheta, located in Calabria, has about 5.000 “made members” and 50.000 “associates”; it has a strong presence in north eastern Italy, Australia and Canada, but it’s present also in United States, Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Germany, France, Belgium, Swiss, Holland, Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic, Turkey, Morocco and Thailand.

The Camorra, located in Campania, with about 8.000 “made members” and 80.000 “associates”, has branches especially in United States, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Spain, France, England, north eastern Italy, Romania, Poland, Serbia and Australia.

Sacra Corona Unita, located in Puglia, with about 2.000 “made members” and 20.000 “associates”, has branches in north eastern Italy, Greece, Serbia, Albania and United States.

Recent inquiries prove that Italian O.C. is ran by a national Commission formed by Cosa Nostra and ‘Ndrangheta bosses, which decide strategies and organize the most important business; Camorra and Sacra Corona Unita, being less-organized, gravitate inside their spheres, but with a strong control of their own territories.


COSA NOSTRA
’NDRANGHETA
CAMORRA
SACRA CORONA UNITA

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