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29 March 2022

Online Workshop

Criminal cultures and criminal figures in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet space

Time: 2-5.30 PM CET

Speakers: Costanza Curro (University of Helsinki, Finland), Davide Casciano (AnthroCrime EASA Network, University of Bologna, Italy), Federico Varese (University of Oxford, UK), Gavin Slade, (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan), Rustam Urinboyev (Lund University, Sweden), Rhiannon Dowling (CUNY, US), Vakhtang Kekoshvili (Georgian American University, Georgia), Maroussia Ferry (IHEID-CCDP, Switzerland), Svetlana Stephenson (London Metropolitan University, UK) and Judith Pallot (University of Helsinki).

Given the ongoing war in Ukraine, and the crisis unfolding in the region and beyond, this workshop run by Anthro Crime wants to provide a platform for discussion and reflection on how our knowledge and experience could help understand current events and future challenges, as citizens and as academics

28 March 2022

Podcast

Podcast Episode on Cybercime with Our Director

On the ISF podcast, Federico Varese discusses the history of organised crime in Russia and around the world, as well as the mafia’s movement into cybercrime, and what the future may hold for these criminal organisations.

1 March 2022

Journal Article

The determinants of group membership in organized crime in the UK: A network study

New journal article published in Global Crime, co-authored by our Director Federico Varese and Senior Research Fellow Paolo Campana

24 February 2022

Journal Article

Cooperation and distrust in extra-legal networks: a research note on the experimental study of marketplace disruption

New article published in the Global Crime journal co-authored by our ExLegi director Federico Varese and senior research fellow Jonathan Lusthaus, alongside other esteemed academics.

24 February 2022

Webinar

“Clan crime” in Germany: Development and Risk Factors

Speaker: Mahmoud Jaraba, Erlangen Centre for Islam and Law in Europe (EZIRE), Erlangen, Germany

21 February 2022

News

Appointment of Nathaniel Rosenblatt to The U.S. Department of State

Congratulations to Nathaniel Rosenblatt, an ExLegi Research Fellow, who has recently joined the US Department of State as a counterterrorism policy advisor!

2 February 2022

Webinar

Mafia Raj: Ethnographic Notes on Intimidation in North India

Speaker: Lucia Michelutti, Professor of Anthropology, University College London

26 January 2022

Webinar

The Structure of Trade-type and Governance-type Organized Crime Groups: a Network Study

Speakers: Federico Varese, Professor of Criminology, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford and Niles Breuer, Analyst, Altman Solon

13 January 2022

La Repubblica

Stupri e torture nelle carceri di Putin. E la mafia dei “ladri in legge” reagisce con un documento che riscrive le regole dell’onore e dell’omertà dietro le sbarre

New article on the Russian mafia by our director Federico Varese on La Repubblica (Italian)

31 March 2022

Webinar

Exploiting Opportunities and Adapting to Change: Organised Crime in Hong Kong, China, and Japan

Speakers: T. Wing Lo (City University of Hong Kong), Hirosue Noboru (Ryukoku University), and Peng Wang (University of Hong Kong)

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