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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Felia Allum

Felia Allum

Polis, University of Bath

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

Sara Amerio

Sara Amerio

Cecilia Anesi

Cecilia Anesi

Greg Arde

Greg Arde

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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

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

Francesco Calderoni

Francesco Calderoni

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Transcrime

Karla Campos

Karla Campos

Coordinator, Citizenship and Violence

Carolina Castellano

Carolina Castellano

università degli studi di Napoli Federico II

Michael Chamberlin

Michael Chamberlin

Dr Alexander Chance

Dr Alexander Chance

Senior Fellow, The Azure Forum for Contemporary Security Strategy

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