Sanne de Boer "'NDRANGHETA - How the most powerful mafia in Europe determines our lives"

Created: 13.12.2022, 18:00

By: Jessica Bradley

In her book "'NDRANGHETA - How the most powerful mafia in Europe determines our lives", Sanne de Boer shows in frightening detail how deeply rooted the mafia is in our lives.

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For the romantic view of the mafia, films like "The Godfather" or series like "The Sopranos" are usually shown.

But that life with and under the rule of the mafia is anything but romantic can be read impressively in Sanne de Boer's non-fiction book "'NDRANGHETA - How the most powerful mafia in Europe determines our lives".

Sanne de Boer "`Ndrangheta": About the book

Cover Sanne de Boer "'NDRANGHETA - How Europe's most powerful mafia determines our lives" © Aufbau Verlag

At the moment she is in the spotlight, although she prefers to work in the dark: The biggest trial to date against the 'Ndrangheta, Europe's most powerful mafia, has been running in Italy since January 2021 and is attracting attention.

Because: The 'Ndrangheta is no longer a purely Italian problem, but affects all of Europe.

And with it all of our lives.

From food production to waste disposal - the "octopus from Calabria" has a finger in the pie.

With incredible courage and insight, the journalist Sanne de Boer succeeds in penetrating the system behind this extremely sophisticated mafia, which is benefiting enormously from times of crisis like the current one and which the European judiciary has little to counter.

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Sanne de Boer "`Ndrangheta": My conclusion

I was very intrigued by Sanne de Boer's book about the Mafia.

This criminal organization is more likely to be imagined as men in trench coats carrying submachine guns in their violin cases.

Very few people are aware that they not only operate with illegal methods, but are also deeply embedded in the system and manipulate them.

Sanne de Boer shows the emergence and history of the mafia and its influence worldwide.

Suitable for anyone who would like to take a look behind the scenes.

But beware, it could shake your worldview.

Sanne de Boer "'NDRANGHETA"

Like the most powerful mafia in Europe ours

2022, Aufbau Verlag, ISBN 13-978-3-351-03955-4

Price: hardback €25, e-book €16.99, number of pages: 350 (deviating from the format)

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Sanne de Boer

Sanne de Boer, born in 1979, is a journalist for numerous Dutch newspapers, radio and TV.

She has lived in Calabria in southern Italy since 2006 and is the first foreign journalist to report from there on the 'Ndrangheta, Europe's most powerful mafia.