Ndrangheta, the Calabria Mafia, Draws Cohesion and Power From the Multiple Marriages Between Members of Its Clans

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Researchers have analysed thousands of judicial documents and show how the criminal organization born in the south of Italy has forged a true web of matrimonial ties between its different "families" Arrange marriages to forge strong alliances is an old idea like the world. From the dawn of the 15th century, in Florentine Italy, the Medici family had established an affirmed strategy to satisfy its quest for power: it was both a matter of multiply…