Search results for "Organised Crime"
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Geographical Distribution of Crime in Italian Provinces: A Spatial Econometric Analysis
2008
For a long time social sciences scholars from different fields have devoted their attention to identifying the causes leading to commit criminal offences and recently lots of studies have included the analysis of spatial effects. Respect to the Italian crime phenomenon some stylized facts exist: high spatial and time variability and presence of "organised crime" (e.g. Mafia and Camorra) deep-seated in some local territorial areas. Using explanatory spatial data analysis, the paper firstly explores the spatial structure and distribution of four different typologies of crimes (murders, thefts, frauds, and squeezes) in Italian provinces in two years, 1999 and 2003. ESDA allows us to detect som…
Droghe leggere e criminalità organizzata: una relazione problematica
2022
Il contributo analizza il tema dei rapporti tra trattamento penale delle droghe c.d. “leggere” e contrasto alla criminalità organizzata dedita al narcotraffico, con riguardo all’ordinamento europeo, internazionale e di alcuni Paesi dell’UE (Spagna, Portogallo, Grecia, Germania e Italia). Seguendo un approccio di tipo integrato, all’analisi del dato normativo si affianca la descrizione della fenomenologia dei traffici e la valutazione dei primi effetti che le riforme antiproibizioniste entrate in vigore in alcuni ordinamenti del Nord e del Sud America hanno prodotto sul fronte del mercato illecito. Il fine è di evidenziare i punti di forza e di debolezza dei modelli di depenalizzazione, tene…
Il traffico di beni culturali: un caso studio delle distorsioni e dei limiti nel contrasto ai traffici illeciti
2021
La normativa penale italiana di contrasto al traffico di beni culturali presenta ad oggi diversi profili di criticità, a fronte del prosperare del fenomeno delittuoso e dell’indiscutibile rilievo costituzionale del bene protetto. La revisione della disciplina, per quanto necessaria, non può però assumere i contenuti della proposta di riforma attualmente pendente in Senato. Infatti, questa, come accade nel caso degli altri commerci illegali, risente eccessivamente dell’influenza della normativa in tema di organizzazioni criminali, presentandosi come una mera appendice della stessa. L’A. in questo contributo, dopo aver ricostruito la disciplina penale di riferimento, evidenzia piuttosto l’esi…
The Palermo U.N. Convention. A Global Challenge Against Transnational Organised Crime
2009
La Convención de Palermo (UNTOC) y la responsabilidad derivada de delitos de las personas jurídicas: itinerarios e intersecciones del ordenamiento it…
2022
Both the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC: signed in December 2000 in Palermo) and the Delegation Law no. 300/2000, with its corresponding Legislative Decree no. 231/2001, which jointly introduced in Italy the liability arising from crime for collective entities, mark two "paradigm shifts" for the criminal system. The contribution focuses on the overall value of the two legislative innovations examined in the evolution of criminal law, respectively at the international level and in the Italian context. The interest in analysing their respective contributions is further stimulated by the observation that the two areas, although autonomous, present a sign…
Some insights on the link between terrorism, organised crime and ‘new wars’
2014
Purpose - The purpose of this chapter is to investigate on the relationship between terrorism, criminal organisations, and the so-called 'new wars'. Methodology/approach - Review of the existing literature on the 'new wars' and on the terrorism-crime nexus; estimate of the financial revenues gained by terrorist groups engaged in illicit activities. Findings -Terrorist and criminal groups can develop several forms of collaboration. Whether terrorists convert to criminal activities or not depends on a variety of factors, both internal and external. In some cases these links are occasional and opportunistic, associated with the possibility of exploiting the availability of specialised competen…
The Fight Against Organized Crime. Amid Contrasting Strategies and Respect for Human Rights
2012
Regulatory interventions and the application of lessons from outcomes together with the renewed value of human rights in criminal proceedings demonstrate that the fight against organized crime at the European level requires constant attention to the balance between individual rights on the one hand and the need for an effective investigation on the other.
Politically exposed persons: AML, taking the profit out of corruption and problems for the banks
2008
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how political corruption may be combated through measures aimed at making it less profitable and more subjected to public controls via banking reports of all relevant deposits.Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a brief description of a few European legal Systems, Italian in particular.Findings – The paper finds that organized crime can only be efficiently tackled and impoverished of its economic enticements if political, institutional and economical complicities are publicly exposed and forced to be halted; while society, and younger generations in particular, are made fully aware that the embrace mafia tries to impose on them is …
La tratta di esseri umani: la politica criminale multilivello e la problematica distinzione con il traffico di migranti
2018
Il contributo affronta il tema della tratta di esseri umani in una prospettiva di contrasto multilivello, che mette in rilievo la dignità della persona, quale meta-valore ordinamentale, e la considerazione delle esigenze di contrasto alle nuove forme di criminalità. A tal proposito, si evidenza la necessità di una considerazione integrata delle due prospettive, ormai recepita nell’approccio olistico di contrasto al fenomeno affermatosi a livello sovranazionale. A fianco della tradizionale repressione penale, il Protocollo Trafficking in Persons alla Convenzione ONU di Palermo sul crimine organizzato transnazionale inserisce rilevanti norme sulla prevenzione, la cooperazione tra Stati e la p…
Management strategies of infiltrated businesses
2015
The contribution analyses how businesses infiltrated by Organised Crime Groups are managed, and identifies differences between infiltrated and legal businesses in order to highlight accounting and non-accounting ‘red flags’ that can be used in a risk assessment model of criminal infiltration