Federico Varese: Mafia Life [2018] paperback OCCUL creates a sense for the

creates a sense for the listener of being right there in the tunnel

Hope is hand in hand with hopelessness

leaving him more or less alone

Geographically it covers ground from the Low Countries to the depths of the Ukraine

Federico Varese: Mafia Life [2018] paperback OCCUL creates a sense for theWe see mafias as vast, powerful organisations, harvesting billions of dollars across the globe and wrapping its tentacles around everything from governance to finance. But is this the truth? Travelling from mafia initiation ceremonies in far flung Russian cities to elite gambling clubs in downtown Macau, Federico Varese sets off in search of answers. Using wiretapped conversations, interviews and previously unpublished police records, he builds up a