As businesses close it is the Camorra with its cash that grows in influence.

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"The state fires people, while the Camorra gives jobs, " is a complaint the confiscation agency's officers often hear.

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Some investigators fear a turf war may have started between local hoodlums and Camorra mobsters intent on expanding their influence.

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We can indeed refer to other mafias, but not Mafias: the Neapolitan version is properly called the Camorra and so on.

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Some of the money was diverted to the Camorra, the Neapolitan mafia.

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The Camorra, the Neapolitan version of the mob, has infiltrated every part of the rubbish collection industry and it is raking in huge profits.

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Cash was diverted to the Camorra, the Neapolitan mafia, and even today some of the victims are still living in what was intended as temporary accommodation.

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But Calabria remains firmly in the grip of the 'Ndrangheta, and Naples and its surrounding region of Campania are still in thrall to the Camorra (see article).

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The Neopolitan mafia is known as the Camorra and, according to Marco Pagano, an economist at Naples University, their activities act as a tax and has a huge drag on the economy.

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