This paper proposes a new approach for quantifying the economic cost of hidden economies. I specifically apply the method to the case of mafia racketeering in Northern Italy, and in so doing, provide the first explicit estimate of the economic cost of mafia spread in this area. I show both...

This research aims to investigate the methodologies used by the Brazilian government to identify money laundering bank accounts specifically through cooperation with international organizations to fight the crime of money laundering. The main objective is to recover the resources sent to tax...