The New Mafia

A splendid book about the ruthless Ndrangheta in Italy. Beautifully written, excellently researched. * Mick van Wely, crime journalist for De Telegraaf *One of the best books on the mafia available. * NBD Biblion *Part memoir, part shoe leather investigative journalism, Mafiopoliis a vital exploration of how organised crime takes hold of a society from the bottom up and spreads around the world. Sanne De Boer’s book is an intricate portrait of the human bravery and human costs at play in Italy’s long battle against the Mafia. * Miles Johnson, author of ‘Chasing Shadows: A True Story of the Mafia, Drugs and Terrorism’ *An exceptional investigation into the global muscle of the Calabrian mafia * ‘Strong Words’ *It’s easy to think you’re listening to a thriller or TV drama but this is real life… impeccably researched… [Sanne de Boer is] an unstoppable force with an unstoppable audiobook * Bookriot *

Sanne de Boer is a Dutch journalist who has lived in Calabria since 2006. She is the first foreign journalist based in Calabria to write about the ‘Ndrangheta, and regularly appears on TV and radio as a mafia expert. Her first book, Mafiopoli, was published originally in Dutch in 2020 and nominated for the ‘Brusseprijs’, a very prestigious award for the best book of journalism.