mafia-style crime

Early accounts by informants described mafia groups in the United States and Italy as consisting of bosses, lieutenants and soldiers who controlled territories and run profitable criminal enterprises with these groups ("families"). These accounts provided the essence of the hierarchical model of organized crime, operating with a clear structure, ranking, and organization.

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Jay Albanese

Jay Albanese

Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University

Judy-Ann Cilliers

Judy-Ann Cilliers

Communications Manager & Researcher, MathMoms

Michele Mosca

Michele Mosca

Department of Political Science University of Naples 'Federico II'

Professor Anna Sergi

Professor Anna Sergi

University of Essex

Dina Siegel

Dina Siegel

Utrecht University, Utrecht University / CIROC

Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Institute for Security Studies

Felia Allum

Felia Allum

Polis, University of Bath

Sara Amerio

Sara Amerio

Cecilia Anesi

Cecilia Anesi

Andrey Anisimov

Andrey Anisimov

Irkutsk institute, Irkutsk branch of The all-Russian state university of justice

Greg Arde

Greg Arde

Journalist

Radha Barooah

Radha Barooah

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Giulia Baruzzo

Giulia Baruzzo

LIBERA . Associazioni, nomi e numeri contro le mafie, Libera contro le mafie

Stefano Becucci

Stefano Becucci

University of Florence

Elisa Bellotti

Elisa Bellotti

Senior lecturer, University of Manchester

Manuela Bertone

Manuela Bertone

Professeur des Universités, Italian Studies, Université Côte d'Azur - Nice, France

Margherita Bettoni

Margherita Bettoni

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Martin Bisp

Martin Bisp

Empire Fighting Chance

Dr Lynsey Black

Dr Lynsey Black

Maynooth University

Ludovica Boelting

Ludovica Boelting

mafianeindanke e.V

Deborah Bonello

Deborah Bonello

Frank Bovenkerk

Frank Bovenkerk

Retired professor of criminology, Willem Pompe Institute, Utrecht University

Luciano Brancaccio

Luciano Brancaccio

Elena Butti

Elena Butti

Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding Graduate Institute Geneva

Francesco Calderoni

Francesco Calderoni

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Transcrime

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