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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Rene van Swaaningen

Rene van Swaaningen

Federico Varese

Federico Varese

Andrea Varsori

Andrea Varsori

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Luis Daniel Vazquez

Luis Daniel Vazquez

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Niels Verster

Niels Verster

European Foundation for South Asian Studies

Livia Wagner

Livia Wagner

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime

Tarik Weekes

Tarik Weekes

University of the West Indies

Dr James Windle

Dr James Windle

Lecturer in Criminology, University College Cork

Sonja Wolf

Sonja Wolf

CIDE

Damián Zaitch

Damián Zaitch

Utrecht University

Thabiso Zulu

Thabiso Zulu

Whistleblower and human rights and anti-corruption activist

Talks

Ndrangheta and Rinascita Scott trial

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

Crime and music

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

Expert networks addressing TOC

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

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

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

Gender and organized crime in Italy

02 December 2021, 10:00 AM
Rossella Merlino Ombretta Ingrascì

Italian mafias in Europe: From text to context

02 December 2021, 11:30 AM
Zora Hauser Alice Rizzuti Anna Sergi Francesco Calderoni

Organized crime in Africa

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

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

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

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
Sara Amerio Anna Sergi Federico Varese Cecilia Anesi

Organized crime and Russian-Ukrainian War

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

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

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

How US policy shapes organized crime in Mexico

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

Gangs and organized crime in Central America

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

Extortion in Guatemala

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

Addressing crimes of extortion

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

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
Alexander Chance Orla Lynch Lynsey Black James Windle

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
Heather Marquette John Collins Alastair MacBeath Arian Sharifi

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

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

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

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

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

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

Organized Crime in Ecuador: Strategies to Mitigate Impact

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