Monica Massari, PhD, is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Department of Political Science, University of Naples, Federico II, Italy. In 2015 she was elected member of the Executive Committee of the European Sociological Association (ESA) and is member of the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime Network of experts. Among her recent publications published in English, edited books and journals include: "Reconsidering Transnational Organised Crime in the Shadow of Globalisation: the Case of Human Smuggling across the Mediterranean" (Hart Publishing, 2017); "At the Edge of Europe: The Phenomenon of Irregular Migration from Libya to Italy" (Palgrave, 2015); "The Sacra Corona Unita. Origins, Characteristics and Strategies" (Springer, 2014); and "Guns in the Family: Mafia Violence in Italy" (Cambridge University Press, 2013). Vittorio Martone, PhD, Lecturer in Sociology, works at the Department of Culture, Politics and Society of the University of Turin, Italy. Among his recent English publications in this field: "Marketisation of Social Services and Mafia Infiltration: The Case of Migrant Reception Centres in Rome" (in European Review of Organised Crime, n. 4, 2017); and "State, Markets, and Mafias: Political-Criminal Networks and Local Governance in the Campania Region" (in European Review of Organised Crime, n. 1, 2014).
