
INTO
THE HEART OF THE MAFIA
David Lane
David Lane travels
through modern day Italy and talks to people on the ground in this thrilling expose
of the modern day Mafia ...
The hold of the Mafia on Southern
Italy, from Naples, home of Mafia-controlled mozzarella and toxic waste, through
no less rotten Calabria to Sicily, cradle of Cosa Nostra, is as strong as ever.
In this memorable journey round the cities and villages of the Italian South,
David Lane gives us out of his unrivalled knowledge of Italy a telling expose
of the operations of the Mafia today.
David Lane shows how
globalisation has transformed the Mafia into more simply a local phenomenon. It
describes in painful detail the daily accommodation to Mafia pressure endured
by priests, politicians and prosecutors, businessmen, trade unionists and ordinary
citizens. At the same time he incorporates a portrait of the South's long and
tumultuous history and powerful flavours to provide a richly coloured portrait
of a European region under seige.
'Over decades of living in
Italy and travelling in the South, I have built up a huge network of contacts
from all walks of life which gives me a unique advantage and special strength
in tackling the subject. I'll show the risks undertaken by magistrates, police
and members of civil society whose commitment to their cause weakens but has not
destroyed the Mafia's influence. My portrait of Italy has to be at variance with
the commonplaces of food, the Tuscan sun and the beauties of heritage and culture.'
- David Lane
'Into The Heart Of The Mafia' is available
now (RRP $35).