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The document referenced below is part of the NCJRS Library collection. To conduct further searche... more The document referenced below is part of the NCJRS Library collection. To conduct further searches of the collection, visit the NCJRS Abstracts Database. ... Studies presented in this volume, published between September 1989 and January 1993, reflect trends in terrorism and drug ...

SAIS review, 2000

This short paper analyzes and compares the role that women have played in two very different viol... more This short paper analyzes and compares the role that women have played in two very different violent organizations in Italy, the leftist terrorist Red Brigades (BR) and the Sicilian Mafia. While sexual equality and autonomy from traditional forms of authority were a dominant factor in Italian far-left groups, the Mafia's hierarchical structure has retained its patriarchal authoritarianism and male exclusivity despite the expanding role of women in its administrative and commercial functions.

Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Sep 1, 2001

Terrorism and Political Violence, Dec 1, 1990

... 5. This interview with Adriana Faranda is reproduced in Alison Jamieson, The Heart Attacked (... more ... 5. This interview with Adriana Faranda is reproduced in Alison Jamieson, The Heart Attacked (New York: Marion Boyars, 1989). 6. Fenzi, p.104. 7. L'Espresso, 1 March 1987. 8. Alberto Franceschini, Mara Renato e Io, Storia dei fondatori delle BR (Milan: Arnaldo Mondadori ...

Terrorism and Political Violence, Mar 1, 1990

... Red Brigades Alison Jamieson ... To begin with, the principal recruitment area for the BR con... more ... Red Brigades Alison Jamieson ... To begin with, the principal recruitment area for the BR consisted of groups formed in the Milan factories such as the Comitati Unitari di Base (CUB) in Pirelli and the Gruppi di Studio in Sit Siemens and IBM. Page 2. ...

Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 1992

International Relations, Apr 1, 1996

A study by the Bogota school of medicine in Colombia has found that every 24 hours another 130 pe... more A study by the Bogota school of medicine in Colombia has found that every 24 hours another 130 people in that country start using drugs. Of the 130, 70 per cent are between the ages of 12 and 17. In Pakistan there were approximately 30,000 heroin addicts ten years ago; today the figure has risen to at least 1.5 million and is expected to increase by another million by the year 2000. Research undertaken in New York City has shown that over 80 per cent of cases of heterosexual transmission of the HIV virus involved a drug injection somewhere along the line. The World Health Organization estimates that whereas 9 million people were carriers of the HIV virus in 1990, the number could reach 26 million by the year 2000. According to some estimates, the money laundered from drugs alone amounts to 120billionannuallyinEuropeandNorthAmerica;whilstglobally,illicitcapitalavailableforlaunderingeachyearisthoughttobeatleast120 billion annually in Europe and North America; whilst globally, illicit capital available for laundering each year is thought to be at least 120billionannuallyinEuropeandNorthAmerica;whilstglobally,illicitcapitalavailableforlaunderingeachyearisthoughttobeatleast500 billion equivalent to nearly 10 per cent of the US GDP and considerably more than the earnings of many smaller countries. Professional money laundering is now the fastest-growing criminal profession, with premi-

... Title: Antimafia: Italy's Fight Against Organized Crime. Author(s): Alison Jamieson. Pub... more ... Title: Antimafia: Italy's Fight Against Organized Crime. Author(s): Alison Jamieson. Publication Date: 2000. ... To cite this abstract, use the following link: http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/ abstract.aspx?ID=183678. * A link to the full-text document is provided whenever possible. ...

The January 1992 verdict of the Supreme Court came as no surprise to Cosa Nostra, but was seen as... more The January 1992 verdict of the Supreme Court came as no surprise to Cosa Nostra, but was seen as the last in a series of failures by those who had done a deal with the organization on the basis of reciprocal advantages to keep their side of the bargain. There had been several indications during the previous 12 months of a greater commitment to combat organized crime, against which Cosa Nostra’s former protectors had shown themselves unwilling or unable to act. Judicial impunity — on which the equilibrium of cohabitation between State and Mafia had rested throughout the entire Cold War period — had definitively collapsed, and with it a consolidated system of alliances and clientilistic exchanges that had outlived its usefulness. Cosa Nostra’s response was a tactical one, calculated to sweep away the past and open up new channels of political-institutional mediation with interlocutors unconnected to the old regime. The principal points of contact in the Mafia-institutional interface, Salvo Lima and Ignazio Salvo, were murdered in March and September 1992 respectively; Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the ‘historic memory’ of the antimafia fight and Cosa Nostra’s most determined opponents, were eliminated in May and July. Their death sentences had been pronounced some ten years previously but suspended until such time as circumstances made them necessary.

Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks, 1999

Perceptions of domestic and international security risks have changed significantly over the last... more Perceptions of domestic and international security risks have changed significantly over the last 15–20 years, in particular since the end of the Cold War. New forms of threat have developed and existing forms have mutated. In many cases the line which separates terrorism from organized crime has become blurred, in that both forms of criminality use violence or the threat of violence to achieve their ends, both sustain themselves financially through control of ‘criminalized’ resources such as drugs and arms, and both have a political strategy. Nonetheless, one can generally distinguish between the ideological content of political terrorism and the pragmatic goals of organized crime: whereas the primary aim of politically inspired violence is the pursuit of specific objectives involving the overthrow of a government and/or the status quo, the political agenda of an organized crime group is determined by the quest for power, impunity and profits. Organized criminals seek to penetrate and suborn the state and cohabit with it, using terrorist tactics to intimidate the State when their privileges are at risk, for example when a law on extradition is under discussion or when investigators come too close to certain vital interests. Another term sometimes applied to organized crime is enterprise crime because participants are usually engaged in the provision of illicit goods and services, or licit goods that have been acquired through illicit means such as theft or fraud.

International Relations, Apr 1, 1994

Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 1998

International Relations, 1994

of, among others: Democratic Change in Eastern Europe and Political Reform in the Middle East, Th... more of, among others: Democratic Change in Eastern Europe and Political Reform in the Middle East, The Emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel, Recent Change in Eastern Europe and its Implications for Middle East Security, The Shape of Post War Security in the Middle East and The Middle East Peace Conference. He is Co-Chairman of the International Committee for Solidarity with Kuwaitis Missing and Held Prisoners of War and Honorary Secretary of the House of Commons Gulf Group.

Organized crime is by its very nature a transnational phenomenon. As with any of illicit goods an... more Organized crime is by its very nature a transnational phenomenon. As with any of illicit goods and services must have a network of marketing, sales and distribution agents, legitimate business, the criminal organization that wishes to compete in the international market transportation facilities and financial services in selected locations around the world. The specific characteristics of the criminal network for the commodity that is traded are established in terms of source, production, transit and target countries, and areas where profits can be hidden and/or invested. In almost every case, whether the illicit product or service be drugs, arms, counterfeit currency, illegal immigrant smuggling or the laundering of illicit profits, the process involves a cross-frontier operation, and therefore cross-frontier collaboration. In the case of cocaine, a typical chain might be as follows: the coca plant is cultivated in Peru, refined in Colombia (where the necessary precursor chemicals,...

No.: ISBN 1-85521-532-2, 1994