Trends in the north - New actors in Italy's drugs market
Jane's Intelligence Review, 14 August 2008
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"Historically, the Italian illegal drug market has been divided on a regional basis between the country's four main mafia groupings: the Cosa Nostra, the Camorra, Sacra Corona Unita and the 'Ndrangheta, which has been dominant in Northern Italy. This region - one of the wealthiest in Italy - has provided much of the basis for the 'Ndrangheta's strength, with revenues from drug trafficking forming a large proportion of its wealth profile."