Introduction
Titolo Rivista SICUREZZA E SCIENZE SOCIALI
Autori/Curatori Francesco Calderoni, Stefano Caneppele, Maurizio Esposito
Anno di pubblicazione 2014 Fascicolo 2013/3EN
Lingua Inglese Numero pagine 3 P. 11-13 Dimensione file 573 KB
DOI 10.3280/SISS2013-003002EN
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This article uses open sources to focus on the presence of Italian Mafia members and Italian Mafia groups in the Netherlands and examine the nature of their activities. Italian Mafia members and Italian Mafia groups have been active in the Netherlands since the 1980s, particularly in Amsterdam and its surroundings. The main conclusion drawn is that the Netherlands is used as a ‘hub’ to connect to the international trade in illegal goods, particularly narcotics. Known cases confirm the findings that Italians migrate to the Netherlands and sometimes invest in legal activities (e.g. pizzerias), whereas settled migrants sometimes perform odd jobs for Italian Mafia members. The Netherlands is also used as a refuge for Italian Mafia members on the run. To date, there is no sound evidence from open sources that extortion is part of the criminal activities that are performed in the Netherlands and the fact that there is a close intermingling of the upper world and the underworld is not supported by the available evidence.
Keywords:Italian Mafia; the Netherlands; drug trafficking; extortion; racketeering; transit crime
Francesco Calderoni, Stefano Caneppele, Maurizio Esposito, Introduction in "SICUREZZA E SCIENZE SOCIALI" 3EN/2013, pp 11-13, DOI: 10.3280/SISS2013-003002EN