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What is Mafia

Chapter 9
Handbook of Research on Trends and Issues in Crime Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Victim Support
A criminal group, wherever named locally, that employ intimidation, subjugation, and codes of silence through the use of actual or threatened violence, corrupt public officials, graft, or extortion.
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Stories of Pain and Hope: Victims of Mafias in Europe and Around the World
Giulio Vasaturo (“Sapienza” University of Rome, Italy)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1286-9.ch009
Abstract
In this chapter, the subject of mafia violence will be investigated from the victims' perspective. It will also focus on best practices and the national regulations by which government authorities and the civil society at large attempt to assist, support, and offer rehabilitation and resilience to the victims of mafias in Latin America, Central America, Asia, Russia, Africa, and Europe.
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Transnational Organized Crime: The Branching of Mafias Into the Global Era
Organized criminal association born in Sicily (Italy), also called Cosa Nostra. Today indicates all organized criminal associations that use the force of intimidation of the associative bond and of the condition of subjugation and of silence that results from committing crimes.
Published in Chapter: Transnational Organized Crime: The Branching of Mafias Into the Global Era; From: Handbook of Research on Trends and Issues in Crime Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Victim Support
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