Relations between the Mafias

[Angelo Santino]

Mafia Republic by John Dickie is the only other one that I can think of that's published in English. If you're not limited by that there's no shortage of books about the camorra, past and present in Italian.

I wiki'd Saviano for the hell of it and this is what it says:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Saviano
On October 14, 2008, there was news of a possible assassination attempt on Roberto Saviano. A police inspector of the Anti-Mafia Investigation Department (DIA) of Milan informed the DDA that the pentito, Carmine Schiavone (cousin of boss Francesco Schiavone, aka Sandokan), had informed him of a plan, already in operation, to kill the writer and his bodyguards before Christmas through a spectacular attack on the highway between Rome and Naples[32] in the style of Capaci. Yet, when interrogated by magistrates, Carmine Schiavone denied knowing about a plan hatched by the Casalesi to kill Saviano, provoking the writer's immediate response: "It's obvious that he'd say this; if he were to talk [about the plan], it would mean implicitly admitting to still having connections with organized crime". In the end the district attorney heading the investigation requested and obtained dismissal of the case after the news was revealed to be unfounded. Carmine Schiavone denied knowing anything about the attack but confirmed that Saviano was condemned to death by the Casalese clan.[33]

[CabriniGreen]

So they condemned him to death, but didnt issue a hit specifically........ Interesting...

[CabriniGreen]

On the Saviano book...
@Chris Christie

When you say there were no current names mentioned... do you mean for the time the book came out in 2008?

It seemed pretty current for the time, and I routinely am able to type in Nuvoletta-Polverino, Licciarddi, Mallardo, Mazzarella, Moccia, many Naples clans into my phone, go to News... and Voila!!

Innumerable articles on all these clans, STILL very active today.....

To me Saviano was a catalyst. Sure, many writers maybe wrote about the same things, but they were unable or incapable of making the EMOTIONAL impact Savianos book made.

He has the fucking Mayor blaming Gomorrah for
the crime rates!!! So in a way, he definitely has had an effect on public perception.....

Also, cosa nostra knows who all these people are and vice versa..... these guys dont need to gather in a circle, hold hands, chant, and burn a saint to recognize each other and do business...

I honestly, really dont believe its that serious...

[CabriniGreen]

I think the counterfeit racket is very underrated...

Imagine giving a criminal gangs, complete control over the production of, let's say.... Air Jordans... not all of Nike.. JUST Air Jordans... How much is that worth?

[scagghiuni]

So they condemned him to death, but didnt issue a hit specifically........ Interesting...

a similar hit in italy nowadays would be litterally a suicide, these times ended in the early '90, just to speak 700 organized crime relatged murders in 1991, 50 at most the latest years, imagine a sensational hit like capaci slaughters 'corleonesi' style, it's unthinkable today