Shortcut: Living Among the Mafia - ATC International
6/3/202613 min
When Sanne de Boer bought a rundown house in southern Italy, she thought she'd found a bargain in a beautiful village.
Instead, she found herself living in a community where the influence of the 'Ndrangheta, one of the world's most powerful mafia organisations, touched every aspect of daily life.
Sanne joins us to discuss her book The New Mafia and what she learned living in the shadow of Italy's most powerful criminal empire.
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Host: Meshel Laurie
Guest: Sanne de Boer
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First 90 secondsMeshel Laurie· Host0:00
This is Australian True Crime International with Michelle Lawrie. In 2006, Dutch woman Sanne de Boer had a small financial windfall and became one of those people we read about who bought an incredibly cheap, run-down house in a picturesque village in Italy's Calabria region. She was aware of the region's reputation as a mafia stronghold, but found it hard to believe her sweet neighbors could be involved in anything like that. Eventually, though, Sanne began to realize that the very fabric of everyday life in her village was controlled by a strict code enforced by the 'Ndrangheta, one of the most powerful crime organizations in the world. Sanne has written a book about her observations and experiences. It's called The New Mafia, and she joins us to talk about it. This is Australian True Crime. We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is created, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, and a warning, this episode of the podcast contains graphic descriptions of violence.
Sanne de Boer· Guest1:01
I was, uh, invited by an author to, um, help them write their book, so I, I was working there actually as an editor. I had never been in the south of Italy. Um, I was immediately, I fell in love with the, the natural beauty of the place. I was living on this beautiful hilltop village by the sea. The people in the village was super welcoming to me. And of course,