Roberto Musotto

Understanding Mafia Networks (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Sicilian Mafia is the most famous criminal organisation in the world. While its own code of honour, rustic chivalry and violence methods have been adopted by other illicit groups, very little is known about how the Mafia, Cosa Nostra, is actually organised and embedded in its territory. Who runs the day-to-day operations? What does it take for a Mafioso to raise the ranks and become a boss? How can the organisation protect itself and re-group after arrests?

This book explores for the first time the structure of this criminal organisation through the lens of spatial and social network analysis and answers these questions. This is done by looking at the relationships of 176 members of the organisation that have been recently involved in building the Cupola, the highest ruling and judicial body in the organisation. Starting from the arrest warrant that uncovered this criminal restructuring, a method and several alternatives are offered, explained and commented on how to analyse and visualise criminal networks.

The book confirms the assumption that the Sicilian Mafia is a criminal organisation that is deeply rooted in its territory. Mafiosi live, work and interact only in the remit of their own neighbourhood. Bosses are evasive, even to their own affiliates, and mid-level members are in charge of keeping the whole network operational. This book is particularly useful to students, researchers and law enforcement agencies that look at new ways to understand and disrupt the operations and structure of criminal organisations around the world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429515217
• Artikelnr.: 64065869

Autorenporträt

Roberto Musotto is the Director of Cyber Security for a State Government in Australia. He is a core member of the Security Research Institute at Edith Cowan University, Perth. He is an Italian qualified lawyer, specialised in organised crime. In his career, he has advised multiple international institutions and authored various articles on criminal organisations both online and offline.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: On the Mafia-type structure and origins in the light of social
and spatial criminal networks
Chapter 3 : A meeting of minds in making the Cupola of the Sicilian Mafia:
from rustic chivalry to Operazione Perseo
Chapter 4 : From Evidence to Proof: reassessing the rule of law in
consorting crimes through the use of Social Network Analysis as a legal
paradigm
Chapter 5: Untangling the Social Network of the Sicilian Mafia
Chapter 6: Mapping the Sicilian Mafia: taking care of everyone's business?