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Cartelli di sangue : le rotte del narcotraffico e le crisi che lo alimentano
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An invisible network envelops the planet. Tons of cocaine and unimaginable amounts of money flow along its threads. From the vast crops of South America, the drug now reaches every corner of the world—the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, Italy—fueling a global criminal economy. Nicola Gratteri and Antonio Nicaso followed these routes in the field, starting from the places where it all begins: Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia, the world's three main producers. There they met the coca growers who harvest the leaves, saw the kitchens where the leaves become coca paste, and then, at the headquarters of anti-drug units, heard the voices of those who fight drug trafficking every day. The picture that emerges is pitiless: while South American cartels amass colossal profits, entire territories are sinking into poverty, suffocated by corruption and violence, deprived of the strength of institutions. Yet drugs don't stop; they cross porous borders, travel hidden in containers, and even arrive in major European ports aboard homemade submarines. Italy is an integral part of this system: the 'Ndrangheta, with its extraordinary capacity for penetration, is now one of the most reliable partners of South American cartels. From the docks of Gioia Tauro, millions of doses flood the drug dealing hubs, transforming into money that is laundered with increasingly sophisticated methods, eventually intertwining with the legal economy. Gratteri and Nicaso's new book is a lucid and shocking journey into the depths of international drug trafficking. A book that demonstrates how, to truly eradicate this scourge, cooperation between countries and anti-mafia agencies is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition. We must free our territories from need and fear, restoring dignity and trust to communities; only in this way can we remove fertile ground for the mafia and allow young people to grow in an environment founded on legality, responsibility, and mutual respect.
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