TY - CHAP
T1 - Local politics and organized crime in contemporary Italy
T2 - Willing or unwilling bedfellows?
AU - Allum, Felia
PY - 2010/2/17
Y1 - 2010/2/17
N2 - Today, organized crime poses a really serious threat to most advanced democracies as it is present everywhere and in many different guises. In Italy, it wields territorial, economic and political power; in France, Spain, Germany and the UK it is above all a money-laundering business. But the alarming fact, not to be forgotten, is that in order to thrive and flourish as they do, they enjoy a form of tacit assistance and cooperation, usually from law enforcement agencies and politicians.
AB - Today, organized crime poses a really serious threat to most advanced democracies as it is present everywhere and in many different guises. In Italy, it wields territorial, economic and political power; in France, Spain, Germany and the UK it is above all a money-laundering business. But the alarming fact, not to be forgotten, is that in order to thrive and flourish as they do, they enjoy a form of tacit assistance and cooperation, usually from law enforcement agencies and politicians.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85123655026&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4324/9780203860342
DO - 10.4324/9780203860342
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9780415548526
T3 - Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
SP - 161
EP - 179
BT - Defining and Defying Organised Crime
A2 - Allum, Felia
A2 - Longo, Francesca
A2 - Irrera, Daniela
A2 - Kostakos, Panos A.
PB - Routledge
CY - Abingdon, U. K.
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