1977-2019: 42 anni di attività contro la mafia, per la pace e i diritti umani, tra memoria, ricerca e impegno civile
Umberto Santino De “La mafia in casa mia” à “Les Cent pas” Le film a le mérite de présenter à un public beaucoup plus vaste que celui que nous avons réussi à atteindre jusqu’à présent, une histoire qui, contrairement à ce que nous avons lu ou entendu, n’est en rien provinciale, mineure ou datée. Cette…
Le Centre sicilien de documentation “Giuseppe Impastato”. Le Centre sicilien de documentation est le premier centre d’études sur la mafia né en Italie. Fondé en 1977 par Umberto Santino et Anna Puglisi, il s’est formellement constitué en Association culturelle en mai 1980 et a pris le nom du militant de la Nouvelle gauche, Giuseppe Impastato,…
Vincenzo Scalia- Anglia Ruskin University From the octopus to the spider’s web: the transformations of the sicilian mafia under postfordism To my father, a Sicilian who told his son about the mafia Introduction The fall of the Berlin wall marked a watershed for organised crime. New criminal groups, such as those groups from Russia, broke…
Umberto Santino Mafia and Mafia-type organizations in Italy Introduction: the Sicilian Mafia as a local and transnational criminality and the proliferation of the Mafia-type organizations The term “Mafia”, first used only to define a Sicilian phenomenon, is now used to describe any organized criminal group and it is certainly one of the words in the…
UMBERTO SANTINO From the mafia to transnational crime The Sicilian mafia: from vagueness to the paradigm of complexity Although the world ‘mafia’ has been too often characterised by a strong degree of vagueness, so much so as to be used for any form of crime and excessive power, assuming on television the features of the…
Umberto Santino Fighting the Mafia and Organized Crime: Italy and Europe Premise: The Sicilian Mafia as a local and transnational criminality and the proliferation of criminals of the mafia type 1. The laws regarding organized crime in Italy 1.1. 114 laws in ten years 1.2. From Palermo’s maxi-trial to the arrest of mafia bosses 1.3.…
Umberto Santino The Mafia and the antimafia fight: an analisys beyond the stereotypes Premise. The term “Mafia” first used only to define a Sicilian phenomenon, is now used to describe any organized criminal group and it is certainly the word of the Italian language best known and most used internationally. This is due to two…
UMBERTO SANTINO The financial mafia. The illegal accumulation of wealth and the financial-industrial complex It is the duty of the bank to accept proffered funds. If you came into my of fice with one million dollars in your suitcase, I would take it. A high official of the Central Bank of the Bahamas. There…
Umberto Santino Sulla cattura di Provenzano L’incubo, la farsa e lo stereotipo Con la cattura di Provenzano è finito un incubo (quello del supercapomafia onnipotente, al centro di tutte le trame criminali del nostro tempo), è finita la farsa (quella della “primula rossa” inafferrabile, nonostante fosse, come tutti pensavano e dicevano, a due passi da…