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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during a news conference after former President Donald Trump’s Aug. 15 indictment. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

RICO is often used to target the mob and cartels − but Trump and his associates aren’t the first outside those worlds to face charges

Federal and state RICO charges, which target racketeering, have been applied to a wide range of crimes committed by politicians and business people over the past few decades.
Jep Gambardella, the narcissistic and excessive central character in Sorrentino’s allegory of Silvio Berlusconi. Allociné

How ‘La Grande Bellezza’ captured Italy’s Berlusconian era

The Oscar-winning film sketches out the broad themes of Berluconist hedonism, all against the backdrop of the decline of ideologies that shaped 20th-century Italy.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa receives reports of the of the state capture commission from Justice Raymond Zondo. The reports found exposed massive state corruption involving private individuals and companies. GCIS

Link between crime and politics in South Africa raises concerns about criminal gangs taking over

South Africans are actively challenging the criminalisation of the state. Many of the revelations about fraud, corruption and nepotism come from principled whistle-blowers within the state.
An undated handout photo made available by the NSW Police shows cash seized as part of Operation Ironside, on June 8 2021. NSW POLICE HANDOUT/EPA/AAP

A flurry of attention, then collective forgetfulness – 100 years of the ‘ndrangheta Calabrian mafia in Australia

A flurry of recent reporting on the ‘ndrangheta may give the impression their activity in Australia is relatively new. In truth, the ‘ndrangheta has been in Australian society for a century.

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