It's more like a cult than any other Italian Mafia.


The Società Maggiore culminates in the figure of the Conte Agadino. The name is probably a reference to Count Ugolino, whom Dante depicts as eating his own children in the Inferno. The boss of the 'Ndrangheta may eat his children, sell them, sacrifice them without facing a vendetta. Arriving at the top of the 'Ndrangheta means acquiring the power to kill and betray one's own blood.