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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Daniela Irrera

Daniela Irrera

Associate Professor, University of Catania

Damián Zaitch

Damián Zaitch

Utrecht University

Virginia Comolli

Virginia Comolli

Senior Expert, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Nina Kaysser

Nina Kaysser

Oleksii Serdiuk

Oleksii Serdiuk

Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs

Anna Markovska

Anna Markovska

Anglia Ruskin University, Anglia Ruskin University

Dr Dorcas Ettang

Dr Dorcas Ettang

University of Kwalazulu-Natal

Deborah Bonello

Deborah Bonello

Sonja Wolf

Sonja Wolf

CIDE

Josue Decavele

Josue Decavele

Nukila Evanty

Nukila Evanty

Women Working Group (WWG)

Gus Jones

Gus Jones

Dr James Windle

Dr James Windle

Lecturer in Criminology, University College Cork

Manuela Bertone

Manuela Bertone

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

Elisa Bellotti

Elisa Bellotti

Senior lecturer, University of Manchester

Sara Amerio

Sara Amerio

Agatha Lebethe

Agatha Lebethe

Stellenbosch University

Edgar Morales

Edgar Morales

Ministerio Público

Miloš Katić

Miloš Katić

Investigative Journalist, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty

Giulia Baruzzo

Giulia Baruzzo

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

Dr Lynsey Black

Dr Lynsey Black

Maynooth University

Federico Varese

Federico Varese

José Miguel Cruz

José Miguel Cruz

LACC Director of Research, Florida International University

Vandalark Patricks

Vandalark Patricks

Executive Director, Campaigners for Change International

Toine Spapens

Toine Spapens

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Francesco Calderoni Anna Sergi Alice Rizzuti Zora Hauser

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Gangs and organized crime in Central America

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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

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James Windle Lynsey Black Orla Lynch Alexander Chance

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

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

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