The article will present the results of a qualitative research into organized crime in the Italian port system. It is a pioneering attempt to assess an extensive and diachronic perspective on the presence and activities of organized crime groups into the Italian seaports in order to provide a systematic analytical map through the analysis of institutional law enforcement reports. The article attempts to shed light on an overlooked topic, analytically relevant insofar as it examines OCGs’s activities in a specific and particular space representing an opportunity to obtain profits and social connections. Moreover, it analyses OCGs tendency to be involved in legal and illegal businesses, their ability to persist in space and time, and their skills in moving abroad. The results show that organized crime activities are permanent and largely widespread in the main harbours all over the country, particularly in Ancona, Cagliari, Genova and Gioia Tauro; organized crime groups operate mostly in illegal business and in particular in illicit trafficking of drugs, cigarettes and counterfeit goods; the Italian mafia ‘ndrangheta seems to be able to persist in space and time within several seaports. The study shows that simultaneous processes of specialization in illegal markets and diversification in seaports are ongoing.

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从制度角度探索意大利港口的有组织犯罪。存在和活动

本文将介绍对意大利港口系统中的有组织犯罪进行定性研究的结果。这是对有组织犯罪集团进入意大利海港的存在和活动进行广泛和历时性的评估的开创性尝试，以便通过对机构执法报告的分析提供系统的分析地图。这篇文章试图阐明一个被忽视的话题，它在分析上具有相关性，因为它检查了 OCG 在特定空间中的活动，这些活动代表了获得利润和社会联系的机会。此外，它分析了OCGs从事合法和非法业务的倾向，他们在空间和时间上的坚持能力，以及他们在国外的技能。结果表明，有组织的犯罪活动是永久性的，而且在全国主要港口普遍存在，特别是在安科纳、卡利亚里、热那亚和焦亚陶罗；有组织的犯罪集团主要从事非法业务，特别是非法贩运毒品、香烟和假冒商品；意大利黑手党'ndrangheta 似乎能够在几个海港内的空间和时间中持续存在。研究表明，非法市场的专业化和海港的多样化同时进行。意大利黑手党'ndrangheta 似乎能够在几个海港内的空间和时间中持续存在。研究表明，非法市场的专业化和海港的多样化同时进行。意大利黑手党'ndrangheta 似乎能够在几个海港内的空间和时间中持续存在。研究表明，非法市场的专业化和海港的多样化同时进行。