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A qualitative reading of the ecological (dis)organisation of criminal associations. The case of the ?Famiglia Basilischi? in Italy
No full textThis paper combines the theoretical foundations of organisational ecology - one of the most important approaches in economic sociology - with classic criminological theories to interpret the birth, evolution and death of criminal associations. This mixed approach will support the interpretation of organised crime groups as phenomena strictly linked to the environment as well as to other competitors in criminal markets. This paper analyses the birth, evolution and death of a criminal association in Basilicata, Southern Italy, known as the ?Famiglia Basilischi?. The case is exemplary of how ecological conditions affect the success or failure of a newly formed criminal association. These conditions can therefore be indicators to interpret organised criminal activities in similar environments
A proposito di Mafia Capitale. Spunti per tipizzare il fenomeno mafioso nei sistemi di common law
No full textIl presente articolo si può intendere come una continuazione del dibattito su Mafia Capitale iniziato sul II numero di questa rivista da Nando Dalla Chiesa. L’articolo intende portare avanti il dibattito sull’importanza che il processo di Mafia Capitale potrebbe avere sul piano teorico, oltre che pratico, per la concettualizzazione del fenomeno mafioso in chiave sempre più contemporanea e fuori dall’Italia. Partendo dalle considerazioni fatte da Dalla Chiesa, e tramite un’analisi di alcuni profili problematici della concettualizzazione del fenomeno mafioso all’estero, in questo articolo si sostiene che si può già utilizzare l’impianto accusatorio di Mafia Capitale per una tipizzazione di una sintomatologia mafiosa condivisibile anche oltre l’Italia. Tale tipizzazione permette di abbandonare stereotipi sulla mafia come fenomeno (solo) italiano (o al massimo statunitense) che spesso ritardano o impediscono l’effettivo riconoscimento di forme mafiose all’estero
Scoperta istituzionale, percezione e categorizzazione della mafia italiana in Australia
No full textMafia in Australi
‘Organised Crime and the Law: Conspiracy and Membership Offences in Italian,English and international frameworks
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The ‘Ndrangheta Down Under: Constructing the Italian Mafia in Australia”,
No full textIn the past decades, the Australian ‘ndrangheta has been object of media
attention, academic inquiry and growing policing concern. In Australia, however, the
phenomenon is not new. Next to contemporary manifestations of mafia clans and activities,
there is an historical ‘ndrangheta, with families and networks in specific areas of the country.
Their activities peaked between the 1950s and the 1970s and their reputation still persists and
populates mafia narratives. This article will analyse historical archives broadly related to a
nebulous idea of the Italian mafia in Australia. These archival sources contain both
institutional documents (from police forces, intelligence services and law enforcement agencies)
and, to a lower extent, media sources ranging from 1940s to 1980s. The analysis will show how
Australian authorities observed, approached and attempted to fight the mafia phenomenon—
and specifically that of Calabrian origin—very early and with mixed results. This article will
eventually argue that also thanks to the geography and history of Australia as a country-
island, the ‘ndrangheta phenomenon has developed and prospered until toda
The Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta: Between Tradition and Mobility
No full textIn the past two decades, the Calabrian mafia, the ‘Ndrangheta, has been object of media attention, academic inquiry, and growing policing concern in Italy and abroad. This has been prompted by an increasing focus on the spread of ‘Ndrangheta clans in non-European countries such as Canada, the United States and Australia as well as a series of events in Germany, Switzerland and Eastern Europe, that have ignited public interest in the clans. While exceptionally mobile, the clans have a strict organization, which is the reason for their success and their mobility as well. This chapter will describe the latest developments of this mafia-type organization and analyse both its traditional and its mobile aspects.
Introducing the ‘Ndrangheta -- the Calabrian Mafi
Organised crime in English criminal law: Lessons from the United States on conspiracy and criminal enterprise
No full textPurpose ? The purpose of this paper is to consider the rationale behind the approaches to organised crime in criminal law to understand the basis of the law on conspiracy in England and Wales and why this country has refused to amend conspiracy in favour of a membership offence or a criminal enterprise model, similar to the USA?s offences. Design/methodology/approach ? The analysis is based on a legal comparison between the law of conspiracy in England and Wales and the USA?s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) statute, as example of best practice targeting criminal enterprises. The legal comparison is also substantiated by case law examples and interviewees with prosecutors and lawyers collected both in London and in New York City. Findings ? After briefly describing how the two systems (English and American) are intended to work, the paper will develop a discussion on the difficulties and advantages of introducing a RICO-style legislation in England and Wales and shall conclude that it is the way organised crime is socially perceived in the English/British scenario that justifies the choice to remain on the level of conspiracy and not move towards membership/enterprise offences. Research limitations/implications ? This study shall be primarily intended as an opportunity to assess the criminal law tools in the fight against organised crime available in England and Wales. The comparative side of this research, the RICO statute, would require more attention which this paper cannot give for reasons of brevity. Therefore, the study is a preliminary study in comparative criminal law. Originality/value ? The central idea of this work is to suggest that differences in criminal law are based on different perceptions of the wrongfulness of the offending. For the law to change in favour of a criminal enterprise offence in England and Wales, there is a need to reshape the wrongfulness of organised crime. A study into the wrongfulness of organised crime as a criminal offence, with a comparative outlook, has never been conducted before in England and Wales
Corruption, Mafia Power and Italian Soccer
No full textWhilst corruption and organized crime have been widely researched, they have not yet been specifically linked to sport. Corruption, Mafia Power and Italian Soccer offers an original insight into this new research area. Adopting a psycho-social approach based mainly on Pierre Bourdieu's praxeology, the book demonstrates that corruption and the mafia presence in Italian soccer reflect the Italian socio-political and economic system itself.
Supported by interviews with security agency officials, anticorruption organisations and antimafia organisations, and analysing empirical data obtained from a case study of 'Operation Dirty Soccer', this important study explains why mafia groups are involved in soccer, what the links are to political corruption and what might be done to control the problem. It also examines the mechanisms that make it possible for mafia groups and affiliates to enter the football industry and discusses how mafia groups exploit and corrupt Italian football.
This is important reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and academics working in the areas of sociology, criminology, policing, anthropology, the sociology of sport, sport deviance, sport management and organised crime. It is also a valuable resource for practitioners in the football industry
Mafia, Deviant Masons and Corruption. Shifty Brotherhoods in Italy
No full textThis book is the first to consider the intersection between mafia power and deviant masonic lodges within the political sphere of the contemporary Italian state. At its core, it offers an analysis of the shifting interactions across powerful actors and the ways in which they balance reciprocal obedience, and a unique insight into the political processes where mafia actors and deviant lodges play a significant role in the allocation of resources.
Mafia, Deviant Masons and Corruption draws on a wealth of literature from across criminology and political science and a range of primary data sources including judicial files indictments, arrest warrants, intercepted materials and sentences for key cases, official documentation from Parliamentary commissions and special committees of inquiry, rituals of affiliation and codes of initiation, and interviews with prosecutors, journalists and experts. In doing so it redefines how we have come to understand the relationship between mafias and power in Italy. It considers how criminal groups are defined and enriched by a relational capital in shifty environments where every actor assumes often a double nature: the mafia boss acts as an entrepreneur; the entrepreneur acts as a politician; the politician mixes with masons; a deviant mason supports mafia organisations
The Secret Nexus. A Case Study of Deviant Masons, Mafia and Corruption in Italy
Full text linkThis paper wishes to explore some characteristics of the relevant interconnections between mafias/mafiosi and masonic lodges/masons in the Italian context. The paper sets out to study these interconnections from a social science perspective rooted in sociological and neo-institutional studies of organised crime and mafias, but also in criminological approaches to social constructionism, in the form of symbols and narratives. We will present a case study to reflect on the roles that (deviant) masons can assume in contexts where both mafias’ and personal, political, or economic interests are at play. The case study shows how masonic alliances can augment networking and enforcing capabilities: we call this process masonic deviance amplification. Additionally, the case study confirms the constitutive power that narratives around the masonic world hold today in the Italian context
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