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READ: The Sound of Silence: How the Mafia in Sicily Communicates.

MAPHITE has a distinct hierarchy and bosses each had a different role вЂ“ one decided on making new members, one ran prostitution rackets, another ran drug trafficking in city squares, and someone was tasked with enforcement and making sure rival gangs were dealt with. Police arrested 19 leaders and members of MAPHITE, which is also known as the Green Circuit Association, in July of 2019, carrying out arrests and raids in nine cities spread across Italy.

Groups known as the Vikings or the MAPHITE Cult, which stands for Maximum Academic Performance Highly Intellectuals Train Executioner, have been around for decades, but have rapidly increased their influence in Italy. The Nigerian Mafia has emerged as the most dominant force. вЂњDuring non-harvest periods, an African worker usually receives в‚¬2-3 per hour, compared to ItalyвЂ™s agricultural minimum wage, agreed by the industry, of в‚¬7.13 ,вЂќ newspaper The Guardian reported.Д«ut as more and more Africans poured into Italy, they were able to form groups and organizations to take their own piece of the Italian land. Mafia groups across Italy still routinely take advantage of migrants by putting them to work for meager pay in agriculture. At first, Italian Mafia groups mainly profited off immigration by infiltrating various organizations tasked with housing or assisting immigrants. Nigerian groups now have a presence in cities and villages throughout Italy вЂ“ and even Sicily. READ: Thief tells how he sold two stolen Van Gogh paintings to Camorra.These same smuggling routes are used to traffic drugs: cocaine from South America and heroin from Asia, according to various reports. The Nigerian Mafia runs large-scale prostitution networks вЂ“ bringing in women from Africa and other continents and putting them to work. They would pay a percentage to the Camorra to operate the area freely without any interference from the Italian clans.

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IN PICTURES: Scampia neighborhood made famous by TV series Gomorra to be demolishedДЄfter this massacre, the Nigerians and the Camorra agreed to a new partnership.In 2008, the Casalesi Clan shot to death 7 people outside the Ob Ob Exotic Fashion tailor shop on the Via Domitiana, a scene that was later reenacted in hit television show Gomorra. Their growing power led to conflicts with Camorra groups. Photo: Nigerian Mafia member arrested last week by Italian police.ДЄs their numbers grew, so did their influence. According to police, the Nigerian crime groups are now вЂњon the same levelвЂќ as the notorious Camorra.Д®arlier police reports indicated that the Nigerian Mafia had established its European headquarters in Castel Volturno, a village in the province of Caserta between Rome and Naples comprised of between 25,000 and 50,000 inhabitants вЂ“ two thirds immigrated there from Africa. Police in Italy last week arrested over 40 people connected to the Nigerian Mafia in Italy and charged them with Mafia association, human trafficking, drug trafficking and distribution, and running a prostitution ring.

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