Author:
Alessandro Leogrande
Publishing house:
Feltrinelli
Date of publication:
01-04-2021
The genesis, rise and fall of a business that seems to have disappeared but instead is still very active today: cigarette smuggling. Through what was once considered one of the most classic occupations of the underclass, Leogrande investigates the transformation of the Sacra corona unita, the universe of the hulls and its men, and that tangle of companies that, by controlling, representing or mediating with other companies, mingled with crime. Going so far as to cross the borders of the Adriatic and outline the dynamics of a global traffic in which not only Eastern and domestic mafias play a role, but also multinational corporations. “Smuggling is always a product of contemporary society, and like it it knows how to constantly renew itself. For this reason, wondering about its near past, the forms it has taken and the way they have crossed Italy and the Mezzogiorno, is important. It is the first weapon we have to understand the way traffickers act. Their metamorphoses, their ability to penetrate the economy, finance, politics.” A narratively paced report that, with great clarity, not only talks about smugglers but gives us a narrative of our country and its recent metamorphoses.