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Organised Crime and the Economy: a Framework for Policy Prescriptions
2014
In this paper we discuss policies to combat organised crime from the perspective of economic analysis. We introduce concepts such as supply and demand for Mafia and the implied notion of equilibrium to build a framework to classify the contexts in which organised crime interferes with the economy. We then use this framework to discuss policy interventions, distinguishing between policies implemented by the State and mobilisation of civil society. We show that using the economic approach helps understand the aspect of persistence of criminal organisations and identify vicious circles of different nature. The broad spectrum of State policies identified includes norms on competition, on the ef…
La corruzione tra privati in Italia: un bilancio critico
2017
Benché nell’ordinamento italiano abbia origini ancora relativamente recenti (risalendo al 2002 la sua introduzione), la corruzione tra privati ha da ultimo acquisito un nuovo volto con il d.lgs. n. 38/2017, che - per uniformarla allo standard europeo di incriminazione - ne amplia la portata incriminatrice sia rispetto alla platea di soggetti attivi, sia all’anticipazione della condotta illecita. Il passaggio dalla formulazione originaria, limitata all’ambito societario, all’attuale estensione a tutti gli enti privati, risponde alle esigenze di irrobustire l’azione di contrasto al fenomeno corruttivo, che continua a presentare una pervasività tale nella realtà italiana da richiedere un impeg…
CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW. STUDY ON THE EMERGENCE OF A LEGAL ORDER
2009
According to a prevailing view, the law of international criminal jurisdictions constitutes a branch of public international law. However, despite a strong institutional anchoring to public international law, this area of law, which is referred to as international criminal law for the purposes of this study, seems to go beyond the framework of public international law. Unprecedented solutions are being developed by international criminal courts to deal with situations referred to them. The international criminal judge plays a key role in this mechanism of overcoming public international law. The emergence of mass terrorism coupled with the trivialization of internal armed conflicts undermin…
La "lotta" alla criminalità organizzata
2020
Il contributo considera possibilità, limiti e condizioni dell’intervento del diritto penale nell’ampio fronte delle misure di contrasto al crimine organizzato. Si nega in primo luogo che tale forma di criminalità abbia una natura meramente temporanea e contingente, e che dunque la relativa normativa di contrasto possa confinarsi ad una pur grave, ma sempre circoscritta stagione dell’emergenza. Si procede quindi con una verifica della materia alla luce delle due teorie del diritto penale del nemico e del diritto penale di lotta. La conclusione nega l’utilizzabilità di formule così generali, per ragioni di ordine costituzionale e di caratteri costitutivi dell’intervento penale, e si pronuncia…
Analysis of the evolution of the EU regulatory approach on virtual assets
2022
The technological advancements of virtual assets are growing exponentially in numbers now providing better security and enhanced privacy for its users. Furthermore, users may scramble and tumble virtual assets disguising their records of transactions. Innovations such as these although allow users to enjoy enhanced privacy in a world of constant supervision and “liberalization” of currency from the state, has however also opened a milieu for criminals to operate in, allowing money laundering, terrorism financing, tax and sanctions evasion, and other financial crimes to go unnoticed. In that regard, this thesis focuses on how the European Union has managed to catch up with the continuous inn…
Criminalpol Sicilia and the mafia, 1966-1981
2022
This article reconstructs events relating to the Centro di coordinamento regionale di polizia criminale (Criminalpol Sicilia) in Palermo, from its establishment in the second half of the 1960s up to the beginning of the 1980s. Created in order to unify and coordinate mafia investigations at the regional level, Criminalpol Sicilia became, over time, one of the most significant ventures in the history of the battle against the mafia. First and foremost, this was because during the 1970s it managed to operate in total synergy with the most important investigative bodies engaged in fighting the mafia, including Palermo’s Squadra Mobile (Flying Squad). Secondly, it was because it proved capable …
STRATEGIE PENALI ED ANALISI ECONOMICA DELLA CRIMINALITÀ D'IMPRESA
Tourism and terrorism: conflicts and commonalities
2012
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore why tourists continue to visit troubled and often violent nations, even when there is perceived risk. Tourism and terrorism reflect very different philosophies, but there are also some disturbing commonalities. Both need modern technology to be effective, both rely heavily on media management and both require the manipulation of perceptions and attitudes.Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses historical evidence to examine the rise and fall in world travel and tourism demand related to acts of terrorism.Findings – The paper observes that the Caribbean experienced a 13.5 percent decline in US visitors after the 9/11 terrorist attack in …