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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Vincenzo Scalia

Vincenzo Scalia

University of Florence

Vincent C Figliomeni

Vincent C Figliomeni

Director, F.F. Social Science Research Center in Calabria

Ruggero Clemenza

Ruggero Clemenza

Phd Candidate in Studies of Organized Crime, University of Milan

Chiara Gentili

Chiara Gentili

GITOC

Taha Siddiqui

Taha Siddiqui

The Dissident Club

Ayesha Siddiqa Agha

Ayesha Siddiqa Agha

King’s College London

Francesca Marino

Francesca Marino

Journalist/Independent Expert

Niels Verster

Niels Verster

European Foundation for South Asian Studies

Junaid Qureshi

Junaid Qureshi

Director European Foundation for South Asian Studies

Dr. Arian Sharifi

Dr. Arian Sharifi

Lecturer and Researcher, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Heather Marquette

Heather Marquette

University of Birmingham

Eduardo Moncada

Eduardo Moncada

N/D

Alberto Vannucci

Alberto Vannucci

University of Pisa

Greg Arde

Greg Arde

Journalist

Renato Rivera

Renato Rivera

Pan American Development Foundation

Antonio Talia

Antonio Talia

Senior Reporter, Radio24-Il Sole24Ore

Thabiso Zulu

Thabiso Zulu

Whistleblower and human rights and anti-corruption activist

Mr. Jairo García

Mr. Jairo García

Director Crime and Violence prevention Program in Ecuador, Pan American Development Foundation

Andrés Ormaza

Andrés Ormaza

Pan American Development Foundation

Martin Bisp

Martin Bisp

Empire Fighting Chance

Helena Raspe

Helena Raspe

mafianeindanke e.V.

Alastair MacBeath

Alastair MacBeath

Analyst - Global Policy Team, GI-TOC

Andrea Varsori

Andrea Varsori

N/A

Francesco Landolfi

Francesco Landolfi

University of Milan

Bonnie Palifka

Bonnie Palifka

Associate Research Professor, Tecnologico de Monterrey

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Addressing crimes of extortion

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