«Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta and Camorra, an integrated mafia criminal system»
The words of magistrate Nino Di Matteo, now deputy to the national anti-mafia directorate
«The most notable ability of the mafia and in particular of Cosa Nostra is that of shedding its skin like a snake. To know how to change strategies depending on the political and social contingencies of the country." And again: «The mafias are no longer a phenomenon limited to Sicily and the regions of Southern Italy but we have witnessed an expansion of organized crime both from a territorial point of view , throughout the national and European territory, and from the point of view of entrepreneurial and financial power". Antonino "Nino" Di Matteo , 60 years old, now substitute at the national anti-mafia directorate after an experience in the CSM, explained it in an interview given to "Il Secolo XIX" . Di Matteo is the magistrate who tried generals and politicians in Palermo for the State-Mafia negotiation, and also investigated the massacres in which judges Falcone and Borsellino lost their lives.
«Integrated criminal system» "I can say that there is more and more evidence of how dirty capital, the result of criminal activities, such as drug trafficking, is reused and recycled by Cosa Nostra in apparently legitimate activities" , Nino Di Matteo further explained to the Genoese newspaper . Recent anti-mafia investigations have revealed the increasingly close link between 'Ndrangheta and Cosa Nostra. «Although we cannot go into the details of the investigations, forms of collaboration and synergy between the various mafias present in the area are increasingly emerging. Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta and sectors of the Camorra must not be considered as distinct entities but as part of an integrated mafia criminal system" . Finally, according to Antonio Di Matteo, «distinctions last as long as they find them. It is necessary to understand that the phenomenon must be fought systematically, starting from the fact that mafia organizations work together as a single entity."
