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L'armonizzazione dei reati in Europa fra 'parabola' e 'piano inclinato': il caso della incriminazione dell'organizzazione criminale
2021
After recalling Alessandro Bernardi's contribution to the diffusion in Italy of attention to the issues of European criminal law, the contribution examines the gap between programmes and achievements in the harmonisation of European criminal law systems. According to a first approach, it has traced a sort of parabola, which is now in a downward phase. In this regard, the incrimination of criminal organisations is taken as a test case for assessing European criminal law harmonisation. A critical review is then made of the deficits in the creation of a common basis for combating criminal organisations, highlighting certain trends in the adaptation of Member States to the standards set by the …
Killing methods in Sicilian Mafia families
2019
The Sicilian Mafia is a criminal organisation founded in Sicily which is an island south of the Italian mainland in the Mediterranean Sea. Until recently, this organization was responsible for many murders and bombings. However, recently, based on the investigations known as the “Mare Nostrum” operation, the Supreme Court convicted 67 people and sent them to prison. Some defendants were found guilty of as many as 39 murders. This article reviews the forensic analysis that was used when investigating responsibility for these Mafia murders. Our review is based on the court documents and the ballistic investigations which were carried out to evaluate the reliability of “repented” or “pentiti”…
Using network community detection to investigate psychological and social features of individuals condemned for mafia crimes
2018
Objective: Only few studies have investigated social and personality characteristics of members of Italian organized criminal groups: Mafia, Camorra, ‘Ndrangheta, and Sacra Corona Unita. This study aimed to explore the most relevant social and clinical features of Mafia criminals and their psychopathic traits. Method: The Psychopathy Check List-Revised (PCL-R) and a socio-demographic questionnaire were administered to 30 condemned for Mafia crimes and imprisoned in the “Pagliarelli” district prison of Palermo (Italy). The results were investigated applying the methods of Network Theory. Results: The study identified two communities, which were statistically different in terms of history of …
La mafia sui Nebrodi e le frodi europee nel settore agro-zootecnico: l'attività di contrasto alla luce dei recenti interventi legislativi
2020
The book is the research thesis of Gabriele Minì for the grants that the Falcone Foundation and the Sicilian Regional Assembly award annually to young graduates of Sicilian universities. It deals with the abuse of public funding of agriculture in the Monti Nebrodi area of Sicily (province of Messina).After an accurate indication of the mechanisms for obtaining European funding to support agricultural and zootechnical activities, the book describes the forms of illegal exploitation of this by mafia organisations. The analysis also refers to case studies and describes the most significant events in this field. In particular, it highlights the importance of administrative prevention tools that…