The structure of drug trafficking mafias: The 'Ndrangheta and cocaine

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321-349

  Calderoni, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

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EID: 84866509359     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10611-012-9387-9     Document Type: Article

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