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Transnational Organized Crime and European Union: Aspects and Problem
2013
The fight against criminal organisations and their ability to carry out illegal activities beyond national systems has represented a “bridge head” in the European path towards the harmonisation of criminal laws in the Member States. After identifying the role of the harmonisation of criminal law in the European Union Treaties, the study underline that the difficulty in defining the concept of transnational organised crime could lead to a too wide European intervention. In order to avoid such a risk, it is useful to refer to other relevant international sources, like the 2000 Palermo UN Convention. Nevertheless, the more recent European decisions on the matter (in particular, a Resolution by…
I traffici illeciti nell’area del Mediterraneo. Prevenzione e repressione nel diritto interno, europeo ed internazionale
2018
Il testo presenta il tema dei traffici illeciti nel Mediterraneo, oggetto del VIII Corso “Giuliano Vassalli” per dottorandi, svoltosi a Noto nel 2017, anche in relazione ai contributi dei partecipanti ai lavori, una selezione dei quali è stata pubblicata sulla stessa rivista The text presents the topics of the illicit traffics in the Mediterranean area, which was the subject of the 8th Training Course "Giuliano Vassalli" for PhD Candidates, held in Noto in 2017. The remarks are complemented by references to the contributions of the participants selected for the pubblication in the same review.
Women and transnational organized crime: the ambiguous case of the italian Mafias
2022
This chapter examines the transformation of the roles of women in Italian organized crime groups. Starting from a comparative analysis of the way in which – over time – the different manifestations of female power and male domination in certain organized crime groups (Cosa Nostra and others) have changed, we seek to understand what female power is in these contexts and what are the circumstances which make it legitimate and visible, what are the different modalities in which it expresses itself over time, in different locations and criminal contexts. The studies of women’s roles in mafias have shown how, over time, these have changed, particularly in terms of their ‘visibility’. Over the la…