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Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2011 - Episode 6: The origins of the ‘ndrangheta of Calabria: Italy’s most powerful mafia
Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2011 - Episode 6: The origins of the ‘ndrangheta of Calabria: Italy’s most powerful mafia On 15 August 2007, six young men with origins in the Italian region of Calabria were ambushed and murdered in the German steel town of Duisburg. This was northern Europe’s St Valentine’s Day massacre, the worst ever mafia bloodbath outside Italy and the United States. Suddenly, journalists across the globe were struggling with what the New York Times called an ‘unpronounceable name’: ‘ndrangheta (en-drang-get-ah.) In the 1990s, the ‘ndrangheta placed itself in a leading position in the European wholesale cocaine market by dealing direct with South American producers. It is now thought to be the wealthiest and most powerful of Italy’s major criminal brotherhoods. But how, when, and why did it first emerge? Vintage Podcasts - Lunch Hour Lectures
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9/20/2023
Insight into Careers in Security & Crime Science
Insight into Careers in Security and Crime Science
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10/19/2021
Dr Kevin Chetty introduces the MSc in Crime Science
Dr Kevin Chetty is the programme convenor for the MSc Crime Science. In this video he talks about what makes this programme unique, and what he is looking for from applicants.
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2/10/2020