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The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

The mafia on trial

The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer

News, Politics, Society & Culture

0.00 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The 'Ndrangheta has become one of the most powerful and dangerous crime syndicates in the world. But how does the mafia actually operate? This week, as a massive trial of suspected   'Ndrangheta members gets underway in Italy, we delve into the inner workings of Europe's organised crime scene with the criminologist Federico Varese. We're also dishing up edible insects, the many European governments on the verge of collapse this week, and the magical power of seagrass. Isolation Inspiration: Federico's fascinating book Mafia Life; French Netflix show Lupin; nepotistic but excellent theatre livestream The end of Eddy. Thanks for listening! If you enjoy The Europeans and want to help us keep making it, we'd be hugely grateful if you'd consider chipping in a few euros/dollars/pounds at patreon.com/europeanspodcast. Edited by Katz Laszlo. Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | hello@europeanspodcast.com

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0:00.0

Welcome back listeners to the land of collapsing governments, aka Europe.

0:27.0

If you're a government that has managed not to be on the brink of collapse this week,

0:30.4

congratulations. You've done well. More on which later. But Dominic Kramer, how you doing?

0:35.5

Yeah, I'm totally fine. Thanks. I kind of enjoyed the snow.

0:38.5

Snow?

0:39.4

Did you have lots in Amsterdam?

0:40.7

A little bit.

0:41.4

I was in the forest, Amsterdam forest when it started.

0:45.2

And yeah, it was very, very cold and I lost the feeling in my fingers and my face.

0:50.1

But it was beautiful.

0:51.9

Did you have fun in Paris?

0:53.1

Yeah, it was very pretty here as well.

0:54.6

The same thing happened.

0:55.5

Walked around for maybe an hour thinking, oh, it's so pretty and taking pictures.

0:59.5

And then I was like, yeah, my toes are falling off now.

1:02.3

That's the downside of all this.

1:03.7

Anything else exciting happened to you this week?

1:05.8

Yeah, something huge, actually.

1:07.5

My neighbourhood in Paris finally has a decent bakery.

1:12.9

Oh, wow. How come you lived in a neighbourhood in Paris without a bakery? I thought every neighbourhood had a decent bakery. Yeah, a lot of people believe

1:17.5

it isn't possible. But we have bakeries, but for some reason, due to some weird like phenomenon

1:22.9

of particle physics, the few blocks around my apartment were this kind of bakery black hole and all

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