TY - JOUR

T1 - Facilitating the Italian Mafia

T2 - The Grey Zone of Complicity and Collusion

AU - Allum, Felia

AU - Merlino, Rossella

AU - Colletti, Alessandro

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - Despite structural and operational differences, Italian mafias share an ability to expand and infiltrate global economies whilst remaining rooted within their local territory. They are not only the product of specific socio-economic and political conditions but also of the extensive complicity on which they can count. It is this fertile ‘grey zone’ of mafia relations with accomplices identified as enablers, facilitators, sponsors and helpers that is analysed here. Engaging with the existing literature and using a range of new judicial sources, including evidence from mafia trials, this article develops in-depth case studies to identify and examine the hidden face of Italian mafias.

AB - Despite structural and operational differences, Italian mafias share an ability to expand and infiltrate global economies whilst remaining rooted within their local territory. They are not only the product of specific socio-economic and political conditions but also of the extensive complicity on which they can count. It is this fertile ‘grey zone’ of mafia relations with accomplices identified as enablers, facilitators, sponsors and helpers that is analysed here. Engaging with the existing literature and using a range of new judicial sources, including evidence from mafia trials, this article develops in-depth case studies to identify and examine the hidden face of Italian mafias.

KW - 'Ndrangheta

KW - Camorra

KW - Cosa Nostra

KW - Italy

KW - Organised crime

KW - facilitators

U2 - 10.1080/13608746.2019.1575563

DO - 10.1080/13608746.2019.1575563

M3 - Article

VL - 24

SP - 79

EP - 101

JO - South European Society and Politics

JF - South European Society and Politics

SN - 1743-9612

IS - 1

ER -