Criminalità organizzata e corruzione nel sistema portuale italiano : analisi e rappresentazioni secondo la prospettiva della Commissione Parlamentare Antimafia

The article presents the result of a qualitative research into organized crime and corruption in the Italian port system. It is a first attempt to outline the presence and activities of organized crime groups in the seaports through the analysis of institutional reports provided by the italian Antimafia Parliamentary Commission (Cpa). The results show that organized crime groups are historically involved in legal and illegal markets in the Italian ports, especially because of external factors such as institutional weakness. Moreover, the study demonstrates that Cpa’s analysis of the ongoing seaport’s situation is not continuous.