Investment of Criminal Proceeds into the Legitimate Economy: Analysis of Italian and Russian Organised Crime in the UK Real Estate Market

Session Submission Type: Author meets critics

Abstract

This book explores the infiltration of Italian and Russian organised crime in the UK real estate market, assessing how vulnerable the UK is to these sorts of activities. It identifies the drivers behind the criminal choices and modus operandi of Italian and Russian organised crime groups, and the factors causing their mobility abroad. This study broadens our knowledge on the relationship between criminal agency and criminogenic opportunity in a socio-economic and legal context. This book offers a critical insight into the criminal actors and operations of Italian and Russian organised crime groups, such as money laundering schemes in the real estate sector, whilst also exploring the role of crime facilitators. Drawing on interviews with prosecutors, law enforcement agents and investigative journalists, this research explores how criminal investments adversely affect both law enforcement operations and socio-economic development in this area.

Subtopic

• Topic 2: Types of Offending / Organized Crime (Organized Crime WG)

Critics

• Matthew Light, University of Toronto

• Anna Sergi, University of Essex

Book Author

• Emanuele Sclafani, University of the West of England