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
Annamaria Frustaci Antonio Nicaso Francesca Longo

Crime and music

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

Expert networks addressing TOC

01 December 2021, 02:30 PM
David Kaplan Carolina Sampó Livia Wagner 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
Thierry Charles Michele Mosca Virginia Comolli Fabrice Rizzoli Arnaud de Laguiche

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

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

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
Zora Hauser Francesco Calderoni Anna Sergi Alice Rizzuti

Organized crime in Africa

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

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

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

Criminal networks

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

Chasing the Mafia - 'Ndrangheta, memories and journey

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

Organized crime and Russian-Ukrainian War

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

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 Dorcas Ettang Judy-Ann Cilliers Agatha Lebethe

How US policy shapes organized crime in Mexico

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

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
Edgar Morales Vania Pigeonutt Karla Campos Josue Decavele

Addressing crimes of extortion

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

Falcone/Borsellino, 30 years

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

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

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

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

14 October 2022, 11:30 AM
Rossella Merlino Felia Allum Antonio Nicaso 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 Rossella Merlino Mahmoud Jaraba Felia Allum Luciano Brancaccio

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

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

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

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

Organized Crime in Ecuador: Strategies to Mitigate Impact

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