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Suggestions that the Camorra has been usurped are exaggerated.
High-profile cases of corruption, ticket touting and match fixing have led Italians to lose faith in the beautiful game.
Stories about mafias are often driven by ethnic stereotypes.
Working abroad can be a profitable option for members of criminal groups.
Italy saw 1,191 attacks on politicians from 2013 to 2015. A new study reveals, for the first time, the destructive effect this strategic political violence has on the nation’s political life.
In the region of Liguria, and the city of Genoa itself, Calabrian mafia clans have been infiltrating construction projects for decades.
Mental distress, addiction, debt, family dysfunction and abuse are all problems to be milked for profit.
There are plenty of examples of strong women in the top echelons of organised crime – they don’t seem to be there in McMafia.
When it was discovered that citrus fruits could be used to treat scurvy, suddenly Sicilian lemons were very valuable. Enter the mafia.
An expert in criminology explains why you shouldn’t believe everything you see on TV – organised crime is still a very British problem.
The criminal underworld of the BBC drama McMafia is full of glitz and glamour. In Britain, organised crime is far closer to home.
The Godfather effect: how higher levels of education helped Italian mobsters earn more money and live in wealthier neighbourhoods.
The former ‘boss of all bosses’ has died aged 87 while serving 26 life sentences.
What if the current cultural context is informing the production of mumble rap? In the contemporary western world, daily life is fuelled by widespread consumption of both products and images.
To better understand and bring under control the new planetary flows that humanity has unleashed, we need to mobilize all the legal resources at your disposal.
When corruption becomes truly entrenched in a state, it can seem impossible to uproot. But Mexicans are still fighting it.
In ’Ndrangheta mafia families, the inter-generational links go deep.
Police and the courts have locked up some of Europe’s most notorious mob bosses – but the next generation of would-be kingpins are even worse.
Lucky Luciano, Al Capone and FDR walk into a Democratic convention…
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Professor of Comparative Organised Crime and Corruption, University of Bath
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Professor in Criminology, University of Essex
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Assistant Professor at University of Milan and Executive Director of the CLEAN Unit on the economics of crime at Bocconi University, Bocconi University
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Associate Professor of Italian Studies and Film, The Ohio State University
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Professeur de droit (Law professor) - Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Université Côte d’Azur
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Professor of Economics, University of Essex
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Professor In Criminology, Staffordshire University
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