- Extortion
- Extortion racketeering
- Loansharking
- Links between organized crime and corruption
- Bribery versus extortion
- Money-laundering
- Liability of legal persons
- Summary
- References
Published in April 2018
Regional Perspectives: Pacific Islands Region - added in November 2019
Regional Perspectives: Eastern and Southern Africa - added in April 2020
This module is a resource for lecturers
Advanced reading
The following readings are recommended for students interested in exploring the topics of this Module in more detail, and for lecturers teaching the Module:
Academic Literature
- Gambetta, Diego. (1996). The Sicilian Mafia: The Business of Private Protection. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
- Paoli, L. (2003). Mafia Brotherhoods: Organized Crime, Italian style. Oxford University Press.
- Rusev, Atanas, ed. (2016). Extortion Racketeering in the EU: Vulnerability Factors. Sofia: Center for the Study of Democracy.
- Tilley, Nick and Hopkins, Matt. (2008). Organized Crime and Local Businesses. Criminology & Criminal Justice: An International Journal, vol. 8, 443-459.
Reports
- Financial Action Task Force (2011). Laundering the Proceeds of Corruption. Paris: FATF.
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2013). Business, Corruption and Crime in the Western Balkans: The Impact of Bribery and Other Crime on Private Enterprise. Vienna: UNODC.
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2017). Corruption in Nigeria Bribery: public experience and response. Vienna: UNODC.
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2019). Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and trends. Second survey on corruption as experienced by the population. Vienna: UNODC.