The Infiltrations of Organized Crime Groups into the Legal Economy from a Transnational Perspective

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

In recent years, a growing number of studies has analyzed how organized crime groups infiltrate the legal economy and where they invest (e.g. what type of assets, what business sectors, what geographic areas). However, most of these studies focused only on one country at the time. There is the need instead to analyze the phenomenon from a transnational perspective: does the same criminal organization opt for different infiltration strategies in different countries? Does this depend on the peculiarities of each country in terms of regulation and economic opportunities? Answering this question is crucial to strengthen the identification and the recovery of criminal assets and to better proof legal economies.

Sub Unit

• Area II. Types of Offending and Victimization / 25. Organized Crime and Corruption

Individual Presentations

• The Dynamics of Transnational Organized Crime and the Change of Illicit Money Flows in Latin America - John Grajales, OAS Staff

• Sources and Mechanisms for Financing of Organized Crime Activities in Europe - Alexander Stoyanov, Center for the Study of Democracy; Philip Gounev, CSD - Center for the Study of Democracy

• The Infiltration of Organized Crime into the Legal Economy across European Countries - Giulia Berlusconi, Università Cattolica - Transcrime; Michele Riccardi, Università Cattolica - Transcrime

Chair

• Michele Riccardi, Università Cattolica - Transcrime

Discussants

• Michael Levi, Cardiff University

• Ernesto Ugo Savona, Università Cattolica - Transcrime