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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Arnaud de Laguiche

Arnaud de Laguiche

Magistrat - chef du département immobilier, Agence de gestion et recouvrement des avoirs saisis et confisqués (AGRASC)

Aleksandras Dobryninas

Aleksandras Dobryninas

Vilnius University

Luciano Brancaccio

Luciano Brancaccio

Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Abdelkader Abderrahmane

Institute for Security Studies

Alice Rizzuti

Alice Rizzuti

University of Hull

Amy Chazkel

Amy Chazkel

Associate Professor of History, Columbia University

Rene van Swaaningen

Rene van Swaaningen

Carolina Sampó

Carolina Sampó

Associate Researcher, Conicet, Argentina

Judy-Ann Cilliers

Judy-Ann Cilliers

Communications Manager & Researcher, MathMoms

Rossella Merlino

Rossella Merlino

University of Messina

Maryja Šupa

Maryja Šupa

Vilnius University

Stefano Becucci

Stefano Becucci

University of Florence

Sara Mariella Lambertini

Sara Mariella Lambertini

PhD Student in Social Sciences and Statistics, University of Naples Federico II

Federico Esposito

Federico Esposito

University of Naples Federico II

Zora Hauser

Zora Hauser

University of Oxford

Dr Derica Lambrechts

Dr Derica Lambrechts

Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University

Thierry Charles

Thierry Charles

CFO, Solidarites Nouvelles pour le Logement

Carolina Castellano

Carolina Castellano

università degli studi di Napoli Federico II

King Carl Tornam Duho, ACMA CGMA CA

King Carl Tornam Duho, ACMA CGMA CA

Founder & Global Development Expert, Dataking Research Lab, Dataking Consulting

Erzuah Nvidah

Erzuah Nvidah

Senior Analyst, Dataking Research Lab, Dataking Consulting

Antônio Sampaio

Antônio Sampaio

Senior Analyst, GI-TOC

Francesca Longo

Francesca Longo

Iris Oustinoff-Leroux

Iris Oustinoff-Leroux

Network Coordination Officer, The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Jay Albanese

Jay Albanese

Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University

Dr Louise Shelley

Dr Louise Shelley

Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Endowed Chair and a University Professor, George Mason University

Talks

Ndrangheta and Rinascita Scott trial

01 December 2021, 01:00 PM
Antonio Nicaso Annamaria Frustaci Francesca Longo

Crime and music

01 December 2021, 02:30 PM
Dina Siegel Frank Bovenkerk Jeffrey McIllwain Rene van Swaaningen

Expert networks addressing TOC

01 December 2021, 02:30 PM
Livia Wagner David Kaplan Carolina Sampó Iris Oustinoff-Leroux

How useful is it to confiscate mafia assets in Europe in 2021: The example of France

01 December 2021, 05:30 PM
Michele Mosca Fabrice Rizzoli Arnaud de Laguiche Thierry Charles Virginia Comolli

Understanding the modernisation of a mafia: The case of the Neapolitan Camorra

02 December 2021, 08:30 AM
Felia Allum Ernesto De Nito Luciano Brancaccio Federico Esposito Carolina Castellano Daniela Irrera

Gender and organized crime in Italy

02 December 2021, 10:00 AM
Ombretta Ingrascì Rossella Merlino

Italian mafias in Europe: From text to context

02 December 2021, 11:30 AM
Francesco Calderoni Anna Sergi Alice Rizzuti Zora Hauser

Organized crime in Africa

02 December 2021, 11:30 AM
Mohamed Daghar Stephen Musau Abdelkader Abderrahmane Derica Lambrechts King Carl Tornam Duho, ACMA CGMA CA Erzuah Nvidah

Rio's 'jogo do bicho' [gambling] organisation: Brazil's unknown 'cosa nostra'

02 December 2021, 01:00 PM
Damian Platt John Dickie Amy Chazkel Damián Zaitch

Criminal networks

13 October 2022, 05:30 PM
Leo Lin Elisa Bellotti Sanjeev P. Sahni Jana-Isabelle Dilger

Chasing the Mafia - 'Ndrangheta, memories and journey

13 October 2022, 07:00 PM
Anna Sergi Sara Amerio Federico Varese Cecilia Anesi

Organized crime and Russian-Ukrainian War

13 October 2022, 07:00 PM
Dina Siegel André Duffles Teixeira Aranega Aleksandras Dobryninas Maryja Šupa Oleksii Serdiuk Anna Markovska

Transforming trauma as preventative strategy: Trauma-informed approaches to nurturing resilience against organised crime in at-risk youth

13 October 2022, 08:30 PM
Judy-Ann Cilliers Dorcas Ettang Agatha Lebethe Barbara Collier

How US policy shapes organized crime in Mexico

13 October 2022, 10:00 PM
Gema Kloppe-Santamaría Gabriel Mondragón Toledo Olivia Leon Mónica Meltis Michael Chamberlin Luis Daniel Vazquez

Gangs and organized crime in Central America

14 October 2022, 02:30 AM
Deborah Bonello Sonja Wolf José Miguel Cruz

Extortion in Guatemala

14 October 2022, 04:00 AM
Josue Decavele Edgar Morales Vania Pigeonutt Karla Campos

Addressing crimes of extortion

14 October 2022, 05:30 AM
Nukila Evanty Miloš Katić Vandalark Patricks Radha Barooah

Falcone/Borsellino, 30 years

14 October 2022, 10:00 AM
Felia Allum Ruggero Scaturro Gus Jones Giulia Baruzzo

Ireland: Organised crime, illicit enterprise and/or violent extremism

14 October 2022, 10:00 AM
James Windle Lynsey Black Orla Lynch Alexander Chance

Let's talk about the rhetoric and representation of mafia cultures

14 October 2022, 11:30 AM
Antonio Nicaso Felia Allum Rossella Merlino Manuela Bertone

Monitoring the evolution of illicit economies in Afghanistan

18 October 2023, 02:30 PM
John Collins Arian Sharifi Heather Marquette Alastair MacBeath

The Role of the Family in Organized Crime: Unraveling Complex Connections, Dynamics, and Implications

18 October 2023, 02:30 PM
Dina Siegel Felia Allum Mahmoud Jaraba Luciano Brancaccio Rossella Merlino

Cities and Illicit Economies: criminal power and the impact on urban governance and democracy

18 October 2023, 04:00 PM
Antônio Sampaio Joana Monteiro Emma Elfversson Martin Bisp Andrea Varsori

How to build an Anti-Mafia association outside Italy: methods, difficulties, successes

18 October 2023, 08:30 PM
Ruggero Scaturro Sandro Mattioli Ludovica Boelting Giulia Norberti Helena Raspe

Organized Crime in Ecuador: Strategies to Mitigate Impact

19 October 2023, 01:00 AM
Beatriz Quintero Renato Rivera Jairo García Andrés Ormaza