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Criminal infiltration and social mobilisation against the Mafia. Gela: a city between tradition and modernity

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  • Stefano Becucci

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Based on judicial files, data on local criminal associations, and interviews with different categories of privileged witnesses, this article focuses on the city of Gela, in southeastern Sicily, an area apparently immune since the late 1970s to the presence of Mafia organisations. Referring to major literature on organised crime, the first part underlies factors contributing to the creation and establishment of Mafia criminal groups in the city. The second specifically considers the characteristics of local organised crime and its system of infiltrating the social and economic fabric, through violence and intimidation. The last section deals with recent positive signs of opposition to the Mafia by local institutions and civil society, which could also lead to more than merely judicial methods for fighting criminal associations.

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  • Stefano Becucci, 2011. "Criminal infiltration and social mobilisation against the Mafia. Gela: a city between tradition and modernity," Global Crime, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(1), pages 1-18, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fglcxx:v:12:y:2011:i:1:p:1-18
    DOI: 10.1080/17440572.2011.548961
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    1. Laura Milani Marin & Vincenzo Russo, 2016. "Re-localizing ‘legal’ food: a social psychology perspective on community resilience, individual empowerment and citizen adaptations in food consumption in Southern Italy," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 33(1), pages 179-190, March.

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