Despite a pervasive anti-money laundering regime worldwide and growing media attention,
the scant academic attention on the threat side of money laundering has led to an …

The Italian mafia organizations represent a subculture with values, beliefs and goals that are
antithetical to and undermining of the predominant society. The conduct of individual …

Objectives: This study tests whether mafias, as archetypical criminal organizations that exert
control over local communities, protect their territories against ordinary criminality. Our …

This scoping review systematically examines the definitions, challenges, and methodologies
for estimating the illegal gambling market, spanning literature from 2000 to 2023. Given the …

Nuanced explanations of the factors underpinning the mafia's movements across territories
have recently been proposed. However, more light must be shed on the mechanisms …

Despite the devastating short-and long-term consequences of resource-related
environmental crimes, rampant illegal soil and sand mining continues worldwide. In …

Project IARM develops an exploratory methodology for assessing the risk of money
laundering (ML). In particular, it develops a composite indicator of money laundering risk:• at …

In the maelstrom of globalization and cyberspace, organized crime continues to defy
definition. A diverse array of activities is perpetuated by criminal organizations, criminal …

This article presents a framework for understanding three different strata within the context of
illicit enterprise–being low hanging fruit, occupying the “sweet spot,” and being the big …

The aim of the present work is to investigate the relationships established within Cosa
Nostra, by making use of networks and complex-systems methods. The analysis is …