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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Alastair MacBeath

Alastair MacBeath

Analyst - Global Policy Team, GI-TOC

Dr. Prem Mahadevan

Dr. Prem Mahadevan

Francesca Marino

Francesca Marino

Journalist/Independent Expert

Anna Markovska

Anna Markovska

Anglia Ruskin University, Anglia Ruskin University

Heather Marquette

Heather Marquette

University of Birmingham

Sandro Mattioli

Sandro Mattioli

mafianeindanke e.V, Investigative journalist

Dr. Jeffrey McIllwain

Dr. Jeffrey McIllwain

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Public Administration, San Diego State University

Mónica Meltis

Mónica Meltis

Data Cívica

Rossella Merlino

Rossella Merlino

University of Messina

Eduardo Moncada

Eduardo Moncada

N/D

Gabriel Mondragón Toledo

Gabriel Mondragón Toledo

Joana Monteiro

Joana Monteiro

Fundação Getúlio Vargas

Hans Moors

Hans Moors

EMMA, Experts in Media & Society

Edgar Morales

Edgar Morales

Ministerio Público

Stefano Morello

Stefano Morello

City University of New York

Stephen Musau

Stephen Musau

Samuel de Paiva Naves Mamede

Samuel de Paiva Naves Mamede

Illinois State University

Antonio Nicaso

Antonio Nicaso

Queen's University

Giulia Norberti

Giulia Norberti

mafianeindanke e.V

Erzuah Nvidah

Erzuah Nvidah

Senior Analyst, Dataking Research Lab, Dataking Consulting

Cielito Olivo

Cielito Olivo

Universidad UTE Laboratorio de Transparencia y Anticorrupción

Andrés Ormaza

Andrés Ormaza

Pan American Development Foundation

Iris Oustinoff-Leroux

Iris Oustinoff-Leroux

Network Coordination Officer, The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime

Bonnie Palifka

Bonnie Palifka

Associate Research Professor, Tecnologico de Monterrey

Vandalark Patricks

Vandalark Patricks

Executive Director, Campaigners for Change International

Talks

Ndrangheta and Rinascita Scott trial

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

Crime and music

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

Expert networks addressing TOC

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

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

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

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

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

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
Anna Sergi Francesco Calderoni Zora Hauser Alice Rizzuti

Organized crime in Africa

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

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

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

Criminal networks

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

Chasing the Mafia - 'Ndrangheta, memories and journey

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

Organized crime and Russian-Ukrainian War

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

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

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

How US policy shapes organized crime in Mexico

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

Gangs and organized crime in Central America

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

Extortion in Guatemala

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

Addressing crimes of extortion

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

Falcone/Borsellino, 30 years

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

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

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

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

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

Monitoring the evolution of illicit economies in Afghanistan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Organized Crime in Ecuador: Strategies to Mitigate Impact

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