Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The Mafia
To many outside Italy, 'Mafia' means Sicily's Cosa Nostra, seared into popular cul-
ture thanks to Francis Ford Coppola's classic film,
The Godfather
. In reality, Cosa
Nostra has three other major partners in crime: Campania's Camorra, Calabria's
'ndrangheta and Puglia's Sacra Corona Unita. Apt at everything from loan sharking
to trafficking narcotics, arms and people, these four criminal networks produce a
staggering annual turnover estimated at around €10.5 billion.
In 2011, police seized an adult tiger from the estate of murdered Sacra Corona Unita boss Lucio Vetrugno.
Kept in a cage for 16 years, the giant feline had come in handy for intimidating Vetrugno's enemies. The ti-
ger was subsequently transferred to an animal park in Bologna.
