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
Livia Wagner David Kaplan Iris Oustinoff-Leroux Carolina Sampó

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

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

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

02 December 2021, 08:30 AM
Luciano Brancaccio Ernesto De Nito Felia Allum Federico Esposito Daniela Irrera 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 Anna Sergi Francesco Calderoni Alice Rizzuti

Organized crime in Africa

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

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

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

Criminal networks

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

Chasing the Mafia - 'Ndrangheta, memories and journey

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

Organized crime and Russian-Ukrainian War

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

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

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

How US policy shapes organized crime in Mexico

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

Gangs and organized crime in Central America

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

Extortion in Guatemala

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

Addressing crimes of extortion

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

Falcone/Borsellino, 30 years

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

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

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

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

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

Monitoring the evolution of illicit economies in Afghanistan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Organized Crime in Ecuador: Strategies to Mitigate Impact

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