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'Tom Behan, who died in August 2010 aged 53, was an expert on Italian organised crime. He was a lecturer in Italian at the University of Kent at Canterbury, and wrote numerous books, including 'Defiance: The Story of One Man Who Stood Up to the Sicilian Mafia' (I.B.Tauris).'

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 The origins of the Camorra and the Mafia2 The postwar development of the Camorra3 The 'administrative economy' and the 1980 earthquake4 The 'business camorra' of the Nuvoletta gang5 The Cirillo affair6 How the Camorra works7 Criminal politics8 Who will stop the Camorra?Conclusion - Ha da passà 'a nuttataTablesNotesIndex

"'Very well-researched... excellent' - Vincenzo Ruggiero, THES 'Lively and readable... honest and interesting' - Mark Galeotti, Modern Italy 'Excellent, an exciting read' - Carl Levy 'Tom Behan convincingly shows that all levels of the Italian state, including the judiciary are sufficiently corrupt and in hock to the Camorra as to make all reformist solutions bankrupt' - Socialist Review"