Antonio Nicaso

Antonio Nicaso (born 1964, in Calabria, Italy) is an Italian[1] author, teacher,[2][3] researcher,[4] speaker[5] and consultant now based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[6] He is an expert on the Calabrian mafia (known as 'ndrangheta).[7][8] Nicaso lives and works in North America. He conducts Postgraduate Summer School courses on the topics of international organised crime, and the Italian Southern question at Italian School of Middlebury College, Oakland, in the United States. He teaches a course on Mafia Culture and the Power of Symbols, Rituals and Myth at Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario.

Nicaso has published a number of books,[9] and his work has been translated into many languages. His book Global Mafia was published in 1995, concerned international criminal partnerships. He sits on the International Advisory Council of the Italian Niccolò Machiavelli Institute of Strategic Studies, and on the Advisory Board of the Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security, at York University in Toronto, Canada. In 2011, he was named co-director of the Centre of Forensic Semiotics at Victoria College in the University of Toronto.

Career

Nicaso initially began his career as a print journalist,[10] writing about local Italian phenomena like the 'ndrangheta, Cosa Nostra and the Camorra. He later went on to expand his area of expertise to include international criminal organisations and has since published widely in English and Italian on the subject.[11] With over 26 published works,[12] many of which have been translated into other languages, Nicaso can be considered a leading authority on various aspects of international criminal organisations. His latest publications include Made men: Mafia Culture and the Power of Symbols, Rituals, and Myth, (2013) which attempts to deconstruct the myth propagated by cinema, television and the media of mafiosi as men of honour and Dire e non dire (Saying and Not Saying, 2012), which analyses the use of language, behavioural norms and rules associated with those involved in organised crime.

Selected publications

English

Italian

References

  1. ↑ Peter Edwards (31 July 2012). The Encyclopedia of Canadian Organized Crime: From Captain Kidd to Mom Boucher. McClelland & Stewart. pp. 190–. ISBN 978-1-55199-688-2.
  2. ↑ " "Italy's 'Ndrangheta Mafia: A Powerful Ally for the Zetas ". InSight Crime
  3. ↑ "Crime experts predict reprisals" CBC News Montreal.
  4. ↑ :Extradition of Ont. mob suspects uncertain: expert ". CBC News.
  5. ↑ "Expert says Canadians too soft on organized crime". CBC News.
  6. ↑ Lejtenyi, Patrick. "Toronto is Infested with Mobsters". Vice.
  7. ↑ "In the Name of the Father, the Son, and of the 'Ndrangheta. Dangerous Liaisons between church and crime in Calabria". A Revelation Secular.
  8. ↑ "A Year of Conferences and Promotions". Frit, Indiana State University.
  9. ↑ Scheider, Stephen. "Bibliography". Iced- The Story of Organized Crime in Canada.
  10. 1 2 "Angels, Mobsters & Narco-Terrorists by Antonio Nicaso and Lee Lamothe". International Organization for the Study of Organized Crime.
  11. ↑ "Vito Rizzuto’s death marks end of crime dynasties ". The Globe and Mail
  12. ↑ "Growing up in Calabria, Italy, afraid of Mafia".
  13. ↑ "Rocco Perri: The Story of Canada’s Most Notorious Bootlegger". Quill & Quire.
  14. ↑ "Bloodlines: The Rise and Fall of the Mafia’s Royal Family". Quill and Quire.
  15. ↑ "Boom lures gangs: report". Calgary Herald.
  16. ↑ Kay, Edward. "Book review:DEADLY SILENCE: CANADIAN MAFIA MURDERS". Eye Weekly
  17. ↑ "Author: Mafia entrenched in Canada". ROB LAMBERTI Toronto Sun.
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