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The Bunker

Young Fellas: How Gen Z gangsters are changing the mafia – with Rafael Behr and Anna Sergi

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6984 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Tell us what you think of The Bunker in our Listener Survey – five respondents will get the Bunker mug or t-shirt of their choice. When we think of the mafia, we think of Tony Soprano and Don Corleone – men with gelled hair, tailored suits, cigars and machine guns. But today’s mobsters are increasingly young and social-media savvy. University of Essex criminology professor and author of Chasing the Mafia. 'Ndrangheta, Memories and Journeys Anna Sergi joins Rafael Behr in The Bunker to discuss the changing landscape of the Italian mafia. • “They are constantly jeopardising secrecy. They are showing the criminal network." – Anna Sergi • “Violence seems cool for the younger generations of the mafia. Showing the cult of violence on TikTok or Instagram gets attention. ” – Anna Sergi Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Rafael Behr. Producer: Eliza Davis Beard. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Raphael Bear. The reputation of the Italian mafia is changing. A lot of people know

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the Hollywood version which starts with young Vito Corioli in Sicily then going to America and

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becoming the godfather. But in reality the history of criminal organizations

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goes back many generations and is deeply intertwined with Italian culture and politics.

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And now there's a whole new generation, sometimes called for baby bosses who don't stick to the

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traditional codes of honor and secrecy.

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They combine the ultra-violence of street gangsters

1:44.6

with a performance style of Tik-Tock and Instagram influencers. Here to discuss this phenomenon and

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the evolution of the mafia across Italy is Dr Anna Sergi, professor of criminology at the University of Essex and author of, among other works, chasing the mafia,

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