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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Vania Pigeonutt

Damian Platt

Damian Platt

Beatriz Quintero

Beatriz Quintero

Senior Program Manager, Pan American Development Foundation

Junaid Qureshi

Junaid Qureshi

Director European Foundation for South Asian Studies

Helena Raspe

Helena Raspe

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Renato Rivera

Renato Rivera

Pan American Development Foundation

Fabrice Rizzoli

Fabrice Rizzoli

Alice Rizzuti

Alice Rizzuti

University of Hull

Gabriel Rojas-Salazar

Gabriel Rojas-Salazar

Doctoral student, University at Albany, State University of New York

Robert I. Rotberg

Robert I. Rotberg

Harvard University

Sangeeta Roy PhD  Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India

Sangeeta Roy PhD Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India

Professor of Eminence (Dr.) Sanjeev P. Sahni

Professor of Eminence (Dr.) Sanjeev P. Sahni

Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences

Antônio Sampaio

Antônio Sampaio

Senior Analyst, GI-TOC

Carolina Sampó

Carolina Sampó

Associate Researcher, Conicet, Argentina

Vincenzo Scalia

Vincenzo Scalia

University of Florence

Ruggero Scaturro

Ruggero Scaturro

Senior Analyst, GI-TOC

Oleksii Serdiuk

Oleksii Serdiuk

Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs

Dr. Arian Sharifi

Dr. Arian Sharifi

Lecturer and Researcher, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Dr Louise Shelley

Dr Louise Shelley

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

Ayesha Siddiqa Agha

Ayesha Siddiqa Agha

King’s College London

Taha Siddiqui

Taha Siddiqui

The Dissident Club

Toine Spapens

Toine Spapens

Maryja Šupa

Maryja Šupa

Vilnius University

Antonio Talia

Antonio Talia

Senior Reporter, Radio24-Il Sole24Ore

Alberto Vannucci

Alberto Vannucci

University of Pisa

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