Meaning of "camorra" in the Portuguese dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF CAMORRA IN PORTUGUESE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAMORRA

Camorra is a noun.

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WHAT DOES CAMORRA MEAN IN PORTUGUESE?

Camorra

The Camorra is the only mafia phenomenon coming from an urban environment. His birthplace is Naples, Italy; the date, around the beginning of the 19th century. The Camorra closely controls the territory, and is very integrated with the social fabric, especially among the poorest strata. It is estimated that it currently has about 110 operational families and about 7,000 affiliates. Camorra's activities are uncountable, from scrounging to extortion, from cigarette smuggling to drug trafficking, from the illegal import of meat to fraud to the European Union. Without forgetting the two "traditional" monopoly sectors: the clandestine game and the cement production in the Campania region.

TRANSLATION OF CAMORRA

Find out the translation of camorra to 25 languages with our Portuguese multilingual translator.

The translations of camorra from Portuguese to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «camorra» in Portuguese.

• Translator Portuguese - Chinese: 卡莫拉
• Translator Portuguese - Spanish: Camorra
• Translator Portuguese - English: Camorra
• Translator Portuguese - Hindi: Camorra
• Translator Portuguese - Arabic: كامورا
• Translator Portuguese - Russian: каморра
• Portuguese: camorra
• Translator Portuguese - Bengali: Camorra
• Translator Portuguese - French: camorra
• Translator Portuguese - Malay: camorra
• Translator Portuguese - German: Camorra
• Translator Portuguese - Japanese: カモッラ
• Translator Portuguese - Korean: camorra
• Translator Portuguese - Javanese: Camorra
• Translator Portuguese - Vietnamese: Camorra
• Translator Portuguese - Tamil: கெடு நோக்கு கொண்டு இணைந்திருக்கும் குழு
• Translator Portuguese - Marathi: camorra
• Translator Portuguese - Turkish: Camorra
• Translator Portuguese - Italian: camorra
• Translator Portuguese - Polish: Camorra
• Translator Portuguese - Ukrainian: каморра
• Translator Portuguese - Romanian: Camorra
• Translator Portuguese - Greek: Καμόρα
• Translator Portuguese - Afrikaans: Camorra
• Translator Portuguese - Swedish: camorra
• Translator Portuguese - Norwegian: Camorra

10 PORTUGUESE BOOKS RELATING TO «CAMORRA»

Discover the use of camorra in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to camorra and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Portuguese literature.

The Camorra: Political Criminality in Italy

The Camorra of Napes has risen to a level of strength that rivals the Sicilian mafia. This book traces its origins from the mid 19th century to its present dominance of the Campania region.

Tom Behan, University Senior Lecturer in Italian Tom Behan, 2005

Credibility in Court: Communicative Practices in the Camorra ...

This study analyses courtroom communicative practices in the trials of an Italian criminal organisation.

Marco Jacquemet, 1996

Mafia Republic: Italy's Criminal Curse. Cosa Nostra, ...

In MAFIA REPUBLIC, John Dickie, Professor of Italian Studies at University College, London and author of the international bestsellers COSA NOSTRA and MAFIA BROTHERHOODS, shows how the Italian mafias have grown in power and become more and ...

John Dickie, 2013

See Naples and Die: The Camorra and Organised Crime

The Camorra and Organised Crime Tom Behan. and also the competition between rival gangs all led to greater territorial control. The massive increase in profits brought about first by contraband cigarettes and then by the drug trade explains ...

Tom Behan, 2002

The Camorra: Eros Unbound in Naples

" The knife duel is impromtu and bizarre, the antagonists, both Dons of the Camorra have expressed themselves as a homo and a lesbian and the prize in the case of the lesbian quappo Don Mafalda, is the possession of the two adorable twins, ...

Frank Palescandolo, 2010

Movida's Guide to Barcelona

Frank Camorra, chef of the renowned Spanish restaurant Movida, teams up with food writer Richard Cornish in this beautifully illustrated, insider's guide to Barcelona.

Frank Camorra, 2011

The Mafia Encyclopedia

Some historians hold the power of the Camorra was broken, and indeed the death knell of the society sounded in 1911 when 35 Camorra leaders, including Enrico Alfano, the Grand Master, were convicted on murder charges and given long ...

Carl Sifakis, 2005

Sorrento & the Amalfi Coast

This renewed period of activity was again interrupted by police crackdowns and infighting but ironically received a boost after the 1980 earthquake when relief funds were channelled into Camorra- controlled construction businesses.

Marina Carter, 2011

Organized Crime: From Trafficking to Terrorism

Neapolitan Camorra (Italy) Clotilde Champeyrache The first official written use of the word “Camorra” dates back to 1735. It refers to an urban Neapolitan criminal phenomenon fed by jails and often hardly distinguishable from diffuse illegality.

Frank Shanty, Patit Paban Mishra, 2008

Bay of Naples and Southern Italy

But, as with Sicily's Mafia, the origin of the Neapolitan Camorra is lost in legend. Some accounts put it in the slums of the Ouartieri Spagnuoli, under the rule of the Spanish viceroys of the 16th century. Spanish soldiers of that time lived the life ...

Dana Facaros, Michael Pauls, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAMORRA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term camorra is used in the context of the following news items.

1ª Turma autoriza extradição para Itália de líder da Nova Camorra

Réu confesso, Scotti é um dos fundadores e líderes da organização criminosa conhecida como Nova Camorra Organizada. Ele fugiu para o Brasil há 30 anos e ... «CenárioMT, Oct 15»

Em Nápoles, presidente italiano diz que Camorra será vencida

O presidente italiano, Sergio Mattarella, afirmou em discurso nesta segunda-feira (28) que a Camorra, uma das maiores organizações mafiosas da Itália, será ... «Jornal do Brasil, Sep 15»

Chefão da Camorra procurado desde 2012 é preso em uma praia

Um chefão da Camorra, a máfia napolitana, que integrava a lista dos 100 criminosos foragidos mais perigosos da Itália, foi detido nesta quarta-feira enquanto ... «Globo.com, Aug 15»

Jornalista que revelou segredos da Camorra diz que máfia italiana …

Roberto Saviano, o jornalista italiano que revelou os segredos do grupo mafioso Camorra, assegurou neste domingo (02) que os vínculos entre a máfia de seu ... «Jornal do Brasil, Aug 15»

Casa de mafioso da Camorra recheada com obras de arte das …

Egidio Coppola, conhecido como Brutus na Camorra napolitana, é o nome por trás da exposição A Luz Vence a Sombra, que ontem abriu ao público. Membro ... «Diário de Notícias - Lisboa, Jun 15»

Former Camorra Boss Arrested in Recife Accused of 26 Murders

According to the Italian authorities, Scotti was the head of the "military arm" of the Nuova Camorra Organizzata in Naples, headed by Raffaele Cutolo, who is ... «Folha.com, May 15»

PF prende no Recife líder da máfia italiana Camorra

Foi preso na manhã desta terça-feira, no Recife, um homem acusado de liderar uma máfia italiana. O estrangeiro, condenado à prisão perpétua pela justiça ... «Estado de Minas, May 15»

Após fugir por 31 anos, membro da Camorra é preso no Brasil

Após quase 31 anos de fuga, um dos membros mais procurados da organização mafiosa Camorra foi preso em Recife nesta terça-feira (26). Pasquale Scotti ... «R7, May 15»

Chefe da camorra napolitana fugido da justiça detido em Málaga

A Guardia Civil espanhola deteve em Málaga, Espanha, o chefe de um clã da camorra napolitana, Lucio Morrone, conhecido como "Spalluzzella", que estava ... «Observador, Apr 15»

Papa pede aos mafiosos que se convertam

O papa Francisco, de visita a Nápoles (Itália), terra da "camorra", exortou os mafiosos "a se converterem" e pediu aos jovens que resistam "com firmeza contra ... «Jornal de Notícias, Mar 15»