A virtuous combination of structural and skill analysis to defeat organized crime

Salvatore Villani, Michele Mosca and Mauro Castiello

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2019, vol. 65, issue C, 51-65

Abstract: •The paper proposes the implementation of more effective policies to contrast organized crime.•The paper develops a simple algorithm to estimate the resilience of criminal networks and to compare the effects of different attack strategies used by police forces.•Obtained results show the high resilience of criminal organizations, suggesting a virtuous combination of structural and skill analysis.•The paper suggests public policies and legal instruments to fight all kinds of mafia contiguity currently pursued with toothless weapons.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2018.01.002

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