All publications
Through the Smoke
Regulation, (Il)legality, and the Complexity of Cigarette Markets
A simulation approach to assess law enforcement intervention impact
How the efficiency/security trade-off affects drug trafficking networks' resilience to arrests
Will this ‘thing’ Ever Really Come to an End?
Reviewing US v. Aiello et al., an FBI-Lead Star-Studded La Cosa Nostra Case
Governance and trade: Mafias’ multifunctional violence in Italian drug markets
Systemic violence is a structural feature of drug economies and a key spillover of prohibitionist drug policies. Despite its centrality, the concept is often applied in ways that obscure its distinct purposes, market levels, and organizational contexts. To address this gap, the study examines violence at the intersection of mafia…
Assessing the Risk of Labour Exploitation in Legal Business Supply Chains
INVERT Research in Brief
Legal and Ethical Practical Guidance for Investigative Journalists
Under the NEXT-IJ project (Next-Level Data and Tools for Investigative Journalism)
Report ACOI – Assessing Conflict of Interest
Application of an automatic screening model and qualitative validation of the potential risk of conflict of interest
The anatomy of enforcement: a comparative analysis of waste crime investigations
Waste crime—including illegal dumping, trafficking, and improper waste management—poses serious risks to environmental sustainability and public health. Despite its links to organized and financial crime, investigative practices remain under-researched. This study addresses this gap by analysing twenty judicial cases from Australia, Canada, Ireland, and the UK. Through comparative content analysis,…
“Not all convenience stores are equal”
An analysis of the criminogenic role of corner Stores in Newark, NJ
The fugazi papers, or on the importance of false invoicing for organised crime and the money laundering market
An analysis of drivers, mechanisms and actors
