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Surely these Italians are connected to Ndrangheta of this area?

Does the Di Lauro clan still hold any power? I heard that today Liccciardi and Contini are the real powers in Sicondigliano.

Doesnt seem like he had any relations really to any philly guys. Still interesting. There have been philly ties to toronto in the past with paul volpe and angelo bruno. Also there are ndrangeta members/affiliates here with the last name scarfo. I wonder if they were distantly related to nicky scarf...

they said that they can only confirm that 14 of them belong to Ndrangheta, but I think most likely the rest also are affiliated with it. And then they speak about some 5,000 members, can't believe that's referring to full members of Ndrangheta. Maybe they include the close associates as well.

Remember, these guys more so arrange marriages than induct people. It's part of the reason the membership is the way it is. The family is the highest rank. It's why I compare it to a corporate- family owned business model. You can have criminal equivalents of CEOs. Franchises, managers, workers. Bu...

Very interesting thread. If anyone had not yet read Gomorra I strongly urge you to. If you’ve somehow not seen the movie or the series yet, both are must see. S1 & S2 are as good as any season of The Sopranos or The Wire imho. S3 outlines how a gang of low level criminals becomes more organized...

Read the book again. Saviano details salaries from the low-level errand boy up to the Underboss. They are not organized in the sense of a society. But no, the membership goes up and down. You are right. Even the cause of Raffaele Amato`s separation from the Di Lauros was that he refused to turn in ...

Going back to my original question, I do find in research about Camorra the authors usually address the concept of "clan members" and their associates/ footsoldiers, although I`m not completely sure how this differentiation is being determined in the actual investigation. For instance, I c...

Camorra is more like a huge street gang , they are not like 'Ndrangheta or Sicilian mafia.Because of that Camorra clans appear and disappear every few years , people changing sides , its complete mess in Naples , compared to Calabria or Sicily. Although I remember reading some clans like the Casele...

Everyone receives a salary instead of kicking up? That sounds even more organized than the other mafias. If you only kick up a percentage the bosses are only going to get their share of the profit but if the bosses collect all the cash and pay everyone else a salary they would have much tighter cont...

CabriniGreen wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:41 pm I dont think the board really cares, imo....

Yeah maybe. I would definitely ask in an Italian forum if I speak the language, but this place is the most informative discussion source I can use, unless I email some Camorra scholars and see if they reply...

Yes, I understand that. However, there seems to have always been an informal idea of membership within the organization. Some Italian books put the "membership" of Camorra at between 5,000 and 7,000, this is very comparable to the estimated membership of Ndrangheta and Cosa Nostra. What is...

It is widely accepted that the modern Camorra doesn`t have a "membership" system similar to Cosa Nostra or Ndrangheta, however, I wonder if there has been any concept in the organization regarding an unofficial membership, in other words at what point someone would be recognized as a "...

Very interesting information, thanks.

what`s the theory regarding Danny Ranieri`s involvement? Was he working for someone else?