Prof | Dr Anna Sergi
@annasergi.bsky.social
Criminology & Organised Crime Professor | from Calabria to Bologna via 🇬🇧 | love 🇦🇺 & podcasts | critical scholar |'ndrangheta/mafia, transnational migration & crime, transculturation & crime, power & crime, ports & crime, cocaine trade |English | Italian
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My new book | How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad, critical notes on ‘ndrangheta mobility
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A must read, technical report that is shocking in its apolitical denouncing of abuses and breaches of the rule of law by president Trump and its administration.
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The Abuse of Presidential Power and Breach of Public Trust | New York City Bar Association
Read how the NYC Bar Association examines the pattern of conduct by President Trump and his administration.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:37 AM
A must read, technical report that is shocking in its apolitical denouncing of abuses and breaches of the rule of law by president Trump and its administration.
www.nycbar.org/reports/the-...
www.nycbar.org/reports/the-...
Adding my voice to the creepy mix. My newsletter is out, first of 2026.
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The Securitization Deception: How Trump’s Venezuela Intervention Weaponizes the Drug Trafficking Myth
L'Inganno della Securitizzazione: Come l'Intervento del Venezuela di Trump Strumentalizza il Mito del Traffico di Droga
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January 4, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Adding my voice to the creepy mix. My newsletter is out, first of 2026.
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Very happy to be a Senior Associate Fellow at Royal United Services Institute affiliated with the Organised Crime and Policing Studies research group.
www.rusi.org/people/sergi
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Professor Anna Sergi
Royal United Services Institute
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December 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Very happy to be a Senior Associate Fellow at Royal United Services Institute affiliated with the Organised Crime and Policing Studies research group.
www.rusi.org/people/sergi
www.rusi.org/people/sergi
Tutto si muove sui traffici leciti, molto è guidato dalla domanda.
Grazie dell’intervista.
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Grazie dell’intervista.
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L’Europa è travolta dalla cocaina e la Svizzera non fa eccezione - RSI
La Svizzera è al centro del narcotraffico in Europa. Intervista all'esperta Anna Sergi sul mercato della cocaina e il ruolo della Confederazione. Scopri di più su RSI.ch.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Tutto si muove sui traffici leciti, molto è guidato dalla domanda.
Grazie dell’intervista.
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Grazie dell’intervista.
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(Audio post anche in italiano)
A question by Carlo Lucarelli prompted a reflection: what is wrong with the way the ‘ndrangheta is talked about? And what does this mean for Calabria?
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A question by Carlo Lucarelli prompted a reflection: what is wrong with the way the ‘ndrangheta is talked about? And what does this mean for Calabria?
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[AUDIO] What is wrong in the way the 'ndrangheta - and Calabria - is talked about
[AUDIO] Cosa non va nella narrazione della 'ndrangheta e della Calabria
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November 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
(Audio post anche in italiano)
A question by Carlo Lucarelli prompted a reflection: what is wrong with the way the ‘ndrangheta is talked about? And what does this mean for Calabria?
open.substack.com/pub/annaserg...
A question by Carlo Lucarelli prompted a reflection: what is wrong with the way the ‘ndrangheta is talked about? And what does this mean for Calabria?
open.substack.com/pub/annaserg...
(Audio post)
A question by Carlo Lucarelli prompted a reflection: what is wrong with the way the ‘ndrangheta is talked about? And what does this mean for Calabria?
open.substack.com/pub/annaserg...
A question by Carlo Lucarelli prompted a reflection: what is wrong with the way the ‘ndrangheta is talked about? And what does this mean for Calabria?
open.substack.com/pub/annaserg...
[AUDIO] What is wrong in the way the 'ndrangheta - and Calabria - is talked about
[AUDIO] Cosa non va nella narrazione della 'ndrangheta e della Calabria
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
(Audio post)
A question by Carlo Lucarelli prompted a reflection: what is wrong with the way the ‘ndrangheta is talked about? And what does this mean for Calabria?
open.substack.com/pub/annaserg...
A question by Carlo Lucarelli prompted a reflection: what is wrong with the way the ‘ndrangheta is talked about? And what does this mean for Calabria?
open.substack.com/pub/annaserg...
Lo scandalo delle scommesse nella Nba ha dimostrato come la criminalità mafiosa di origine italiana sia ancora attiva a New York. In realtà non era mai uscita dall'immaginario e dalla cultura pop americana, plasmando anche modelli di leadership tra cui Trump
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lavialibera.it/it-schede-24...
Scandalo Nba, la mafia italo-americana affascina ancora gli Usa anche perché alla Casa Bianca c'è Donald Trump
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November 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Lo scandalo delle scommesse nella Nba ha dimostrato come la criminalità mafiosa di origine italiana sia ancora attiva a New York. In realtà non era mai uscita dall'immaginario e dalla cultura pop americana, plasmando anche modelli di leadership tra cui Trump
lavialibera.it/it-schede-24...
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Reposted by Prof | Dr Anna Sergi
If anyone wants to buy it DM me for a 50% discount code valid until end of November (and on all BUP titles!)
My new book | How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad, critical notes on ‘ndrangheta mobility
@brisunipress.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
If anyone wants to buy it DM me for a 50% discount code valid until end of November (and on all BUP titles!)
Reposted by Prof | Dr Anna Sergi
My new book | How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad, critical notes on ‘ndrangheta mobility
@brisunipress.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
@brisunipress.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
My new book | How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad, critical notes on ‘ndrangheta mobility
@brisunipress.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
@brisunipress.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
When the president of the USA resorts to starting a war to distract his people from a sex scandal and when this is masked as “war on drugs” the securitisation of organised crime is complete - weaponising concepts and ignoring facts is the core of a defence mentality creeping in crime prevention.
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
When the president of the USA resorts to starting a war to distract his people from a sex scandal and when this is masked as “war on drugs” the securitisation of organised crime is complete - weaponising concepts and ignoring facts is the core of a defence mentality creeping in crime prevention.
If anyone wants to buy it DM me for a 50% discount code valid until end of November (and on all BUP titles!)
My new book | How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad, critical notes on ‘ndrangheta mobility
@brisunipress.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
@brisunipress.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
If anyone wants to buy it DM me for a 50% discount code valid until end of November (and on all BUP titles!)
Il mio articolo per Mensile MillenniuM | In Calabria ci sono paesi colpiti anche tre volte dal provvedimento, che spesso non risolve: i bilanci restano in rosso, i partiti all’angolo
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/millennium/2...
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/millennium/2...
Comuni sciolti per 'ndrangheta, da Limbadi a San Luca le urne bucate - Il Fatto Quotidiano
Già dagli anni Ottanta un sindaco dichiaratamente comunista, per quanto anacronistico ciò possa essere nel 2025, si esprimeva contro la ‘ndrangheta locale facendo nomi e cognomi. Anni dopo, la gente c...
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November 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Il mio articolo per Mensile MillenniuM | In Calabria ci sono paesi colpiti anche tre volte dal provvedimento, che spesso non risolve: i bilanci restano in rosso, i partiti all’angolo
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/millennium/2...
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/millennium/2...
My new book | How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad, critical notes on ‘ndrangheta mobility
@brisunipress.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
@brisunipress.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
My new book | How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad, critical notes on ‘ndrangheta mobility
@brisunipress.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
@brisunipress.bsky.social
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Today my latest book “How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad. Critical notes on ‘ndrangheta mobility” is out with BUP.
It is about normalising the ‘ndrangheta, not to justify their harm but to stop approaching them as “special”, especially culturally.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
It is about normalising the ‘ndrangheta, not to justify their harm but to stop approaching them as “special”, especially culturally.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad
How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad - Critical Notes on ‘ndrangheta Mobility; This book challenges existing myths about the international mafia and explores mafia mobility, emphasizing mafias' interconn...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Today my latest book “How to Recognize the Mafia Abroad. Critical notes on ‘ndrangheta mobility” is out with BUP.
It is about normalising the ‘ndrangheta, not to justify their harm but to stop approaching them as “special”, especially culturally.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
It is about normalising the ‘ndrangheta, not to justify their harm but to stop approaching them as “special”, especially culturally.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/how-to-recog...
New Substack Post (English/Italiano)
LCN member - the Italian American mafia - and NBA players are in a story together about fraud and illegal gambling...
annasergi.substack.com/p/la-cosa-no...
LCN member - the Italian American mafia - and NBA players are in a story together about fraud and illegal gambling...
annasergi.substack.com/p/la-cosa-no...
La Cosa Nostra in NYC and the NBA 'Rigged Poker Scheme' - did the Italian-American mafia's passion for illegal gambling go too far?
La Cosa Nostra a New York e lo “schema di poker truccato” dell'NBA: la passione della mafia italo-americana per il gioco d'azzardo illegale è andata troppo oltre?
annasergi.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
New Substack Post (English/Italiano)
LCN member - the Italian American mafia - and NBA players are in a story together about fraud and illegal gambling...
annasergi.substack.com/p/la-cosa-no...
LCN member - the Italian American mafia - and NBA players are in a story together about fraud and illegal gambling...
annasergi.substack.com/p/la-cosa-no...
- from the state of the art of the book I am currently researching - these families are ALWAYS interested in collaboration and ALWAYS involved in gambling. Did it go next level?
October 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
- from the state of the art of the book I am currently researching - these families are ALWAYS interested in collaboration and ALWAYS involved in gambling. Did it go next level?
Four of the five La Cosa Nostra families (Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese, Bonanno - so everyone but Colombo) appear to be indicted in this major NBA fraud and illcit gambling corruption investigation. I will wait for further info, but...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...
NBA player and mafia among 31 arrested in illegal gambling crackdown, FBI says, as Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier arrested - follow live
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat player Terry Rozier have been charged in an alleged gambling probe, according to the BBC's partner CBS News.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Four of the five La Cosa Nostra families (Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese, Bonanno - so everyone but Colombo) appear to be indicted in this major NBA fraud and illcit gambling corruption investigation. I will wait for further info, but...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...
New post & long read - lesson is 'never share your boiler number on the same encrypted platform where you also share details of the drug trade'
ITALIANO & ENGLISH
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ITALIANO & ENGLISH
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5 Lessons on the banality of illicit trade in by a 'ndrangheta dynasty
5 lezioni sulla banalità dei traffici illeciti in una dinastia di 'ndrangheta
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October 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
New post & long read - lesson is 'never share your boiler number on the same encrypted platform where you also share details of the drug trade'
ITALIANO & ENGLISH
open.substack.com/pub/annaserg...
ITALIANO & ENGLISH
open.substack.com/pub/annaserg...
October 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
palazzo Hercolani, headquarters of Department of Political and Social Sciences at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna my new workplace. 1st day on the job and classes today! I have many emotions I can’t quite name them all. Surely pride and impatience for the rest of my professional life
October 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
palazzo Hercolani, headquarters of Department of Political and Social Sciences at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna my new workplace. 1st day on the job and classes today! I have many emotions I can’t quite name them all. Surely pride and impatience for the rest of my professional life
New post!
Nuovo post!
Some key ‘ndrangheta families are really not about drugs…
Alcune famiglie di ndrangheta non si occupano di droga…
annasergi.substack.com/p/the-reputa...
Nuovo post!
Some key ‘ndrangheta families are really not about drugs…
Alcune famiglie di ndrangheta non si occupano di droga…
annasergi.substack.com/p/the-reputa...
September 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
New post!
Nuovo post!
Some key ‘ndrangheta families are really not about drugs…
Alcune famiglie di ndrangheta non si occupano di droga…
annasergi.substack.com/p/the-reputa...
Nuovo post!
Some key ‘ndrangheta families are really not about drugs…
Alcune famiglie di ndrangheta non si occupano di droga…
annasergi.substack.com/p/the-reputa...
Our podcast (with Carlo Oreglia) "My Australian Mafia Roadtrip" is a finalist in the Road Trip category for the Signal Award!
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The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU
I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Our podcast (with Carlo Oreglia) "My Australian Mafia Roadtrip" is a finalist in the Road Trip category for the Signal Award!
Please vote - it takes two steps, register quickly and confirm vote via email!
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The peak of academic freedom
September 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The peak of academic freedom