An investigation exposing how Italy’s most ruthless organised crime syndicate has taken over one of the country’s most beautiful cities, killing its citizens and poisoning its water, making massive amounts of money and effectively operating an alternative government.  ‘Italy’s Bloodiest Mafia: The Camorra’, documentary by the BBC, on air on the 8th of August on … ITALY’S BLOODIEST MAFIA: THE CAMORRA

CALL FOR PAPERS for the panel “Transnational Crime: Difficulties of Responding to the Evasive Beast” to be presented at 2012 International BISA-ISA conference in Edinburgh 2012. Deadline for the submission of abstracts is August 27, 2011. Abstracts should be sent to: yuliya.zabyelina@sis.unitn.it Transnational Crime: Difficulties of Responding to the Evasive Beast. The ways in which … CRIMINAL ENCLAVES IN LICIT ECONOMIES: EXPLORING THE CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCES OF SHUTTLE TRADE

Hacker netwrok “Anonymous” say they are going to take it down on November 5th

Study of cross-border tunnels

Unpleasant stories about the Mexican drug cartels moving into the migrant trade. Its really a puff for a BBC radio programme, but it suggests that los/las Zetas are spreading their power beyond Mexico.

Film today [10th August 2011]on Al Jazeera

Weird stuff. Sort of cod sociology crossed with journalism. going to be a lot of analysis of the riots over the next few days.

Remember this. the origins of organised crime in Libya and its links with Tunisia. Yet again, the West creates organised crime…Is it deliberate?

An interesting inquiry on the risks faced by journalists in Italy because of the mafias operating in the country. Here something shorter in english from Reporters Without Borders: http://en.rsf.org/report-italy,111.html

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