The organisation reportedly has its tentacles in a varied assortment of businesses, raking in billions of dollars.

The Palermo that we see through Battaglia’s eyes is a city in the midst of mafia killings. But, children are still running ...

Working with Ola Olsson, from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, we recently published a study in the Journal of Economic History, in which we analysed the rise of the Sicilian mafia using a ...