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The Bunker

Mob Deep: Inside the modern day mafia

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6984 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The mafia conjures up images of the Sopranos rather than hardened criminals for many of us. So what is it really – and how has it changed? With the arrest of mobster Matteo Messina Denaro putting mafia violence back in the spotlight, Felia Allum, author of Camorristi, Politicians, and Businessmen: The Transformation of Organized Crime in Post-war Naples, joins Alex Andreou to discuss the changing face of criminal organisations. “In Italy, the mafia is like a virus that wracks the body.” “The mafia was tied to the creation of the Italian state.” “The mafia want political leverage.” www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Assistant producer Kasia Tomasiewicz. Lead producer Jacob Jarvis. Bunker music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I loved going to college.

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Hello and welcome to the bunker daily I am your host Alex Andro.

1:08.0

Bloody horses heads and exploding cars, picturesque by hisani and wise-cracking wise guys, white spats and

1:16.1

Tommy guns, Vito Corleone, Tony Soprano and Carmina Falcone.

1:21.5

These are the tropes we'll recall at the mention of the word mafia. Old world

1:27.6

romantic fiction steps in to fill the gaps in our understanding. But as in the recent arrest of Messina de Naro reminded us, the

1:36.4

mafia is very much a brutal, evolving, and very, very real organization. My guest today is an award-winning professor at the

1:45.3

University of Bath who has devoted her working life to the study of organized crime

1:49.8

especially the Italian mafia's. yes there are more than one.

1:54.6

She is the author of Camaristi, politicians and businessmen,

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