by Angelo Santino » Fri Jun 07, 2024 12:23 pm
motorfab wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2024 8:54 am
Aristotle123 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2024 6:50 am
Yes the cells had rules but were these cells ever as connected to each other as were the mafia families?
The Camorrist cells were definitely connected to each other, just as the Cosa Nostra borgate could be. We find well known names like Milano, Daniello, Filasto, Pedone, Sergi, Corbi, D'Urso, Racco, Musolino (and tons more) active across states like Virginia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, California, Canada, and even Australia.
100%.
All these early "black hand societies" (the ones that actually were, and not newspaper hype) were not unorganized ruffians with no reach beyond their area. This is what makes Italian societies interesting, they are all local branches of something larger. They all have their internal squabbles but that doesn't change anything. The Camorra was 3x more structured and intricate than the mafia's organization was. They had written by-laws for everything, books serving as part lore part camorra instruction manual were distributed to keep these groups in tandem with one another. Read my article 4 and you can read the book that the camorra used to replicate its groups in America. See for yourself.
When it comes to the Calabrians it is important to remember that their society was still evolving, on one hand the guys in America were the predecessors to those who started calling the camorra the 'ndrangheta decades later, on the other hand it was still early camorra-esque- they were bounded purely through the sect and criminality, the implementation of family bloodlines which is an 'ndrangheta cornerstone didn't come about until decades later, they were heavily involved in slavery and prostitution and many of them had STDs from their association with that, including Capone. And he's not the only one. I think more Camorra bosses died from STDs than bullets. This is a window into the Camorra/'ndrangheta before prostitution was steadily phased out and women took on a different role.
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Yes the cells had rules but were these cells ever as connected to each other as were the mafia families?
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The Camorrist cells were definitely connected to each other, just as the Cosa Nostra borgate could be. We find well known names like Milano, Daniello, Filasto, Pedone, Sergi, Corbi, D'Urso, Racco, Musolino (and tons more) active across states like Virginia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, California, Canada, and even Australia.
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100%.
All these early "black hand societies" (the ones that actually were, and not newspaper hype) were not unorganized ruffians with no reach beyond their area. This is what makes Italian societies interesting, they are all local branches of something larger. They all have their internal squabbles but that doesn't change anything. The Camorra was 3x more structured and intricate than the mafia's organization was. They had written by-laws for everything, books serving as part lore part camorra instruction manual were distributed to keep these groups in tandem with one another. Read my article 4 and you can read the book that the camorra used to replicate its groups in America. See for yourself.
When it comes to the Calabrians it is important to remember that their society was still evolving, on one hand the guys in America were the predecessors to those who started calling the camorra the 'ndrangheta decades later, on the other hand it was still early camorra-esque- they were bounded purely through the sect and criminality, the implementation of family bloodlines which is an 'ndrangheta cornerstone didn't come about until decades later, they were heavily involved in slavery and prostitution and many of them had STDs from their association with that, including Capone. And he's not the only one. I think more Camorra bosses died from STDs than bullets. This is a window into the Camorra/'ndrangheta before prostitution was steadily phased out and women took on a different role.