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The National Anti-mafia Direction and the Anti-mafia Investigation Department: Giovanni Falcone’s vision

open access: yesRivista di studi e ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata, 2019
Questo intervento tende a chiarire il rapporto tra l’idea di Procura nazionale antimafia e di Direzione investigativa antimafia elaborata da Giovanni Falcone e gli sviluppi successivi di queste fondamentali strutture della lotta alla mafia.
Giuseppe Governale
doaj   +2 more sources

The Case of the Suvignano Estate: A Story of Mafia, Anti-Mafia and Politics

open access: yesPartecipazione e Conflitto, 2020
The article reconstructs the events of the Suvignano farm, in the Sienese area, confiscated in 1996 to an entrepreneur from Palermo considered close to Cosa nostra and assigned in 2018 to a company owned by the Tuscany Region.
Graziana Corica, Vittorio Mete
doaj   +4 more sources

Evolving Attitudes to Ukrainian and Russian Minorities in Czechia During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Democrats Stay the Course. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Psychol
ABSTRACT This panel study examines changes in attitudes towards Ukrainian and Russian minorities in the Czech Republic and their links to disinformation beliefs and democratic commitment. The data were obtained from 490 respondents in a Czech quota sample (age 18–69; M = 46.09, SD = 13.40; 45.7% women).
Klicperova-Baker M   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Schwann Cell TRPA1, a Proalgesic Ion Channel, Mediates Neuroinflammation and Fibromyalgia-Associated Behaviours in Mice. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Neurochem
Cellular and molecular mechanisms contributing to TRPA1‐mediated mechanical and cold hypersensitivity and peripheral neuroinflammation in the reserpine‐induced experimental fibromyalgia model. (1) Macrophage‐originated reactive oxygen species (ROS; purple dots) target the transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) channel localised in Schwann cells.
Brum ES   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Anti-Mafia Police Actions, Criminal Firms, and Peer Firm Tax Avoidance

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2022
ABSTRACTMafia firms introduce distortions in the markets in which they operate, increasing the cost of doing business for peer firms. We investigate whether peers respond by increasing their tax avoidance and thus increasing funds available to compete with the Mafia firms. Using a sample of Italian anti‐Mafia police actions that resulted in the removal
Chircop, Justin   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Resistance against the Mafia: A Civic Struggle to Defy an Uncontestable Power [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This study is based on participant observation of a protest against the Mafia that occurred in Rome on 26 September 2009. First, this essay offers an analysis by using symbols and their meanings, which are illustrated through the 'pyramid of social ...
Cayli, Baris
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Renewing Criminalized and Hegemonic Cultural Landscapes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The Mafia's long historical pedigree in Mezzogiorno, Southern Italy, has empowered the Mafioso as a notorious, uncontested, and hegemonic figure. The counter-cultural resistance against the mafiosi culture began to be institutionalized in the early 1990s.
A Brisman   +31 more
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SOCIAL NETWORKS OF THE ITALIAN MAFIA; THE STRONG AND WEAK PARTS [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In this paper, it is argued that well-built, social network system has enabled the Mafia to\ud reach a certain level of success through three main networks: members, local people, and\ud politicians.
CAYLI, BARIS
core   +2 more sources

Rappresentare un’organizzazione criminale senza conferirle dignità

open access: yesCahiers d’Études Romanes, 2022
Dans la première moitié des années 1990, l’écho des bombes en réponse au Maxiprocesso est très présent dans la conscience nationale italienne. Dans le sillage de ces derniers, Andrea Camilleri dessine un personnage dont les principales caractéristiques ...
Pietro Mazzarisi
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