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    Roadmap to Hell: Sex, Drugs, and Guns on the Mafia Coast
    Roadmap to Hell: Sex, Drugs, and Guns on the Mafia Coast
    Roadmap to Hell: Sex, Drugs, and Guns on the Mafia Coast
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    Roadmap to Hell: Sex, Drugs, and Guns on the Mafia Coast

    Written by Barbie Latza Nadeau

    Narrated by Nicol Zanzarella

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    From sex slaves to drug mules, The Daily Beast's Rome Bureau Chief uncovers a terrifying and intricate web of criminal activity right on Europe's doorstep.

    Caught between Camorra gunrunners selling to ISIS and Nigerian drug gangs along Italy's picturesque coast, each year thousands of refugees and migrants are lured into their underworld, forced to become sex slaves, drug mules, or weapon smugglers. In this powerful expose, investigative journalist Barbie Latza Nadeau follows the weapons trail, meets the trafficked women trapped by black magic, the brave nuns who try to save them, and the Italian police who turn a blind eye as the most urgent issues facing Europe play out in broad daylight.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMar 13, 2018
    ISBN9781977375476

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    • 4/5
      "Africa begins in Rome. The type of poverty that permeates much of Africa exists in parts of the Italian south ad well." This was a well written, heartbreaking and eye opening expose about the years of corruption in Southern Italy. For years women from Nigeria have been trafficked in Southern Italy against their knowledge. Most of these are young teens who have been sold a dream of freedom and getting out of poverty. But the trafficking ring doesn't operate alone. You have ISIS, drug trafficking, African soldiers and Italian mobsters all interconnected and working alongside each other to perpetuate the reign of corruption. The author offers insight as to how the governments are aware but remain idle in taking action to counteract the corruption, terrorism and human trafficking. I was heart broken reading about the plight of these women who are the innocent victim but it is not an isolated example. Poverty is a worldwide crisis and human trafficking intersects with all types of corruption. The author does a great job of providing the history and discussing the underlying issues that make these situations pervasive. She offers resources and background and provides suggestions for action. If you are interested in making a difference, this is the book for you.
    • 4/5
      An interesting and important book about women trafficked from Africa to Italy as sex workers (basically slaves). Eye opening volume about fates hard to imagine in the 21. century in the middle of Europe.....
    • 3/5
      Nadeau lifts the curtain concealing a problem I had never considered. Nigerian gangs with the full knowledge of the mafia, Church, and government have been importing sex slaves in great numbers. She details the use of Ju Ju to control the women, the attitudes of southern Italians that enable it to continue, the massive corruption throughout Italy, and the lurking dangers of these gangs other activities related to drugs, guns, and terrorists. The only bright spot is the courage and heroism of the few, such as the nuns of the Casa Ruth shelter. I rated the book only 3.0 because it could have been better written. It doesn't have the cohesion of a good history book, or the emotional impact of a call to arms. Instead, at times it is a disjointed collection of observations and conversations, some of which I wish had been fleshed out more......
    • 1/5
      This an important book of knowledge that that we all need to read and act on . Of course, those who CAN act on this wont be reading it . What can we do ? Well I doubt if a few coach loads of protesters will make the slightest difference.All I can say is read , send money to the Right People and you have any good ideas how to solve this ,well get cracking .I havn't a clue ,but maybe you can . One star? Its a crap book about a crap problem. I hope Barbie donated the profits.