The Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta: Between Tradition and Mobility

In the past two decades, the Calabrian mafia, the ‘Ndrangheta, has been object of media attention, academic inquiry, and growing policing concern in Italy and abroad. This has been prompted by an increasing focus on the spread of ‘Ndrangheta clans in non-European countries such as Canada, the United States and Australia as well as a series of events in Germany, Switzerland and Eastern Europe, that have ignited public interest in the clans. While exceptionally mobile, the clans have a strict organization, which is the reason for their success and their mobility as well. This chapter will describe the latest developments of this mafia-type organization and analyse both its traditional and its mobile aspects. Introducing the ‘Ndrangheta -- the Calabrian Mafia