P3 - 'Ndrangheta - Canada: "The Chamber of Control"
Episode description
Part 3 - "The Chamber of Control"
Woodbridge, Vaughan, Greater Toronto Area, 2014. A man called Carmine Verduci was gunned down outside a sports café. Over the coming days Italian and Canadian law enforcement alleged that Verduci, born in Calabria, was a connecting bridge between 'ndrangheta clans in the Locride area of Calabria and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). He was reported to be a senior member of what is known as 'The Siderno Group'.
In this third episode, Anna Sergi, author of the new book ‘Chasing the Mafia: 'Ndrangheta, Memories and Journeys', talks about the growth of the 'ndrangheta in North America and presence of the 'Siderno Group'.
Speaker(s):
Anna Sergi, Professor of Criminology at the University of Essex, member of the GI Network of Experts and author of the new book ‘Chasing the Mafia: 'Ndrangheta, Memories and Journeys'.
Additional Reading
(Book) Chasing the Mafia: 'Ndrangheta, Memories and Journeys by Anna Sergi
(Book) Mafia Republic: Italy's Criminal Curse. Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta and Camorra from 1946 to the Present by John Dickie
(Podcast) The Index - episode 3 & 4 "Italy and mafia" - https://link.chtbl.com/TheIndex
(Podcast) Deep Dive - 'Fishy Business'
The Global Organized Crime Index - Country Profile - Italy
The Global Organized Crime Index - Country Profile - Canada
The Global Organized Crime Index - Country Profile - United States
National Post - 'Carmine Verduci — the man who exposed Mafia's 'Canadian cell' — was gunned down near Toronto yesterday'
Toronto Star - 'Former GTA mob killer speaks out from Italian prison'
CBC - 'Project Sindacato ends in arrests of 9 members of alleged crime family in Vaughan'
Toronto Star - 'Massive GTA Mafia bust collapses. Defence says York police accessed lawyers’ communications'
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