"La camorra e il fascismo, tra repressione e integrazione subalterna"

The major Italian criminal organizations emerged in the early nineteenth century in the South of Italy, but they survived the process of national unification and the differing trajectories of the three regimes that have marked the Italian history. In particular, even during Benito Mussolini’s rule, the Mafia, the Camorra, and the ’Ndrangheta were by no means swept away by the strong and ruthless arm of the state. Rather, they were tolerated in subordinate terms and even integrated into the ranks of the regime, so that they could perform functions of service and support for administrative and repressive apparatuses.