There are too Many Christians Involved: Cosa Nostra and Professional Football in Palermo

Abstract

This work will show the involvement of Cosa Nostra in the soccer business in Palermo. The importance of controlling the territory for Cosa Nostra will be the core of the article. The Palermo mafia works through the Intermediation for the, in order to pursue its interests, and the intermediation by the mafia, acting on behalf of legal actors. It will revolve around the aspects of the relation between legal and illegal world, showing how legal actors might find it useful to rely on the partnership of criminal organisations. Legal and illegal world are in a fluid relation, so that the border between the two might blur. Cosa Nostra enjoys the consent and the demand of legal actors.

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palermo cosa nostra soccer territory business

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