Organised crime tightens its corrupting influence on politics through violent intimidation. Anti-crime measures that … increase the cost of corruption but not of the exercise of violence might accordingly lead mafia-style organizations to … retaliate by resorting to violence in lieu of bribery. On the other hand, this kind of anti-crime measure might also induce …

, the threat of being betrayed by their fellows may induce top-criminals to rely on corruption (to avoid sanctions). However …-rank ones. This domino effect can deter crime more than a policy based only on amnesties to low-rank criminals would: a bright …

traces in the “illegal triangle”, that is organized crime, corruption, and evasion, one of the main reasons for the gap … show that corruption and organized crime do not follow the classic dichotomy South/North.The use of dynamic panel data …The central theme of the paper is based on a report by the former Director of the Bank of Italy Fabio Panetta who …

Adequate wages are an important tool to shield public officials from special interests and corruption. But what is the … significantly more likely to prevent corruption in public procurement, a key area of illicit interactions between the state and … limit corruption, but also foster the use of violence as an alternative tool to influence policymaking …