Roundtable: The Global Dimension of Mafia-Type Organized Crime

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This roundtable will focus on the most recent debates on the glocal nature of mafia-type organised crime. Each named participants to this roundtable will briefly present some results from his or her recent research to approach the topic from different perspectives and expertises. The participants will discuss the following topics among others: drug trafficking as the main revenue of the ‘ndrangheta and the management of proceeds of crime by the clans; various forms and manifestations of the ‘ndrangheta as a poly-crime criminal force within and outside of Calabria; analyses of mafia movements; the reasons that draw mafia groups to different settings, and the diversification of their activities in new settings; the mobility of criminal groups to launder money and infiltrate the legal economy. This roundtable will be an ideal forum for ideas and comments upon both policies and research on mafias.

Sub Unit

• Area XIII: Roundtable Sessions

Individual Presentations

• The ‘Ndrangheta from Calabria to Non-Traditional Territories--Diversification of Activities and Delocalisation of Structures - Anita Lavorgna, University of Southampton

• From Calabria to the World: The ‘Ndrangheta Clans and Colonisation Mechanisms Outside Italy - Anna Sergi, University of Essex

• Making Sense of the Literature on Criminal Mobility - Jana Arsovska, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

• Laundering Locally or Globally? Transnational Patterns of OC Infiltration in the Legal Economy - Michele Riccardi, Università Cattolica - Transcrime

• The Italian Mafias in the World: Pull Factors and Diversification of Activities - Giulia Berlusconi, Università Cattolica

Chair

• Rajeev Gundur, Cardiff University