The Godfather effect: how higher levels of education helped Italian mobsters earn more money and live in wealthier neighbourhoods.
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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…
Exactly what role does the mafia play in organised crime? And should Australian law enforcement agencies reassess their priorities?
If most of your knowledge about the mafia comes from The Godfather, you should probably read this.
Australian scholars have almost universally downplayed evidence for the ‘Ndrangheta’s existence or significance, or avoided the topic altogether.
The Mafia’s reported promise of protection from Islamic State might seem like an offer you can’t refuse. Wrong.
Italian law is very clear on what constitutes a mafia-type organisation. But that definition could change if prosecutors in a high-profile case have their way.
What actually is the mafia? How does it operate? And what kind of criminal threat does it pose, in Australia and around the world?
Gangs of career criminals in Britain look very different to the stories told by Scorcese or Coppola. They are fluid, multi-cultural and recent research sheds new light on how they use the dirty money.
Most murders in the United States are well hidden. Popular tourist cities like Chicago, New Orleans and Washington D.C. have homicide rates substantially higher than the national average. At times they…
Mexico’s problems with organised crime have certainly come to a head this year. We have seen the high-profile arrests of cartel bosses Joaquin Guzman Loera in February and now also Hector Beltran Leyva…
October 7 this year will see the launch of the National Crime Agency (NCA). According to a white paper presented to parliament by Theresa May, the NCA will be responsible for co-ordinating the fight against…
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