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Antimafia cross-border: conceptual and procedural asymmetries in the fight against Italian mafias in Europe (2022)
Journal Article
Sergi, A., & Rizzuti, A. (in press). Antimafia cross-border: conceptual and procedural asymmetries in the fight against Italian mafias in Europe. Policing, Article paac047. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paac047

This article explores some of the challenges to fighting against Italian mafias and mafia-type organized crime in Europe, specifically in eight countries—Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Romania, the UK, and Italy. Data have bee... Read More about Antimafia cross-border: conceptual and procedural asymmetries in the fight against Italian mafias in Europe.

Organised food crime: an analysis of the involvements of organised crime groups in the food sector in England and Italy (2021)
Journal Article
Rizzuti, A. (in press). Organised food crime: an analysis of the involvements of organised crime groups in the food sector in England and Italy. Crime, Law and Social Change, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-021-09975-w

The food sector is subject to illegal practices of various types such as adulteration or exploitation of labour. In the media and public discourse, this phenomenon is often associated to activities by organised crime groups. Drawing on a socio-legal... Read More about Organised food crime: an analysis of the involvements of organised crime groups in the food sector in England and Italy.

Food Crime: A Review of the UK Institutional Perception of Illicit Practices in the Food Sector (2020)
Journal Article
Rizzuti, A. (2020). Food Crime: A Review of the UK Institutional Perception of Illicit Practices in the Food Sector. Social Sciences, 9(7), Article 112. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9070112

Food offers highly profitable opportunities to criminal actors. Recent cases, from wine and meat adulteration to milk powder contaminations, have brought renewed attention to forms of harmful activities which have long occurred in the food sector. De... Read More about Food Crime: A Review of the UK Institutional Perception of Illicit Practices in the Food Sector.