Antonio Nicaso Explained

Antonio Nicaso (pronounced as /it/; born 1964) is an Italian[1] author, university professor,[2] [3] researcher,[4] speaker[5] and consultant to governments and law-enforcement agencies originally from Caulonia, Calabria, Italy,[6] now based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[7] He is an expert on the Calabrian mafia (known as 'Ndrangheta).[8] [9] Nicaso lives and works in North America. He teaches courses on "Social History of Organized Crime in Canada" and "Mafia Culture and the Power of Symbols, Rituals and Myth" at Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario. He also teaches at St. Jerome's University in Waterloo, Ontario and the Italian School of Middlebury College in Oakland, California in the United States and is the co-director of the Research in Forensic Semiotics Unit at Victoria College (University of Toronto).[10]

Nicaso has published more than 30 books.[11] His book Global Mafia, published in 1995, concerned international criminal partnerships. He sits on the Advisory Board of the Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security, at York University (Toronto); on the International Advisory Council of the Italian Institute of Strategic Studies "Niccolò Machiavelli" in Rome, Italy, and on the Expert Advisory Committee on Bullying, Intimidation and Gang Violence in Montreal.[10] He is also president of Centro Scuola e Cultura, a program offering Italian courses and courses abroad in Italy.[10]

Career

Nicaso initially began his career as a print and television journalist,[12] 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.[13] With over 40 published works,[14] many of which have been translated into other languages, Nicaso can be considered a leading authority on various aspects of international criminal organisations. One of 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. Another of his books, Business or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto's Last War (2015) was adapted into a television series called Bad Blood, featuring Anthony LaPaglia as Vito Rizzuto, Paul Sorvino as Nicolo Rizzuto and Kim Coates as Declan Gardiner, which debuted in fall 2017, now available on Netflix worldwide.[15]

Selected publications

French

Manuela Bertone, Antonio Nicaso, Donato Santeramo (éd.), Rhétorique et représentations de la culture mafieuse. Images, rituels, mythes et symboles, « Cahiers de Narratologie », 36 / 2019.

English

Italian

Notes and References

  1. Book: Peter Edwards. The Encyclopedia of Canadian Organized Crime: From Captain Kidd to Mom Boucher. 31 July 2012. McClelland & Stewart. 978-1-55199-688-2. 190–.
  2. http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/italys-ndrangheta-mafia-a-powerful-ally-for-the-zetas" "Italy's 'Ndrangheta Mafia: A Powerful Ally for the Zetas "
  3. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/son-of-mob-boss-rizzuto-killed-in-montreal-report-1.785241 "Crime experts predict reprisals"
  4. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/extradition-of-ont-mob-suspects-uncertain-expert-1.977976

    Extradition of Ont. mob suspects uncertain: expert "

  5. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/expert-says-canadians-too-soft-on-organized-crime-1.267208 "Expert says Canadians too soft on organized crime"
  6. Web site: Antonio Nicaso incontra Caulonia. lentelocale.it. 9 May 2015. it .
  7. Lejtenyi, Patrick. "Toronto is Infested with Mobsters". Vice.
  8. https://archive.today/20141113064314/http://apocalisselaica.net/en/focus/libri/nel-nome-del-padre-del-figlio-e-della-ndrangheta-le-relazioni-pericolose-tra-chiesa-e-criminalita-in-calabria "In the Name of the Father, the Son, and of the 'Ndrangheta. Dangerous Liaisons between church and crime in Calabria"
  9. http://www.indiana.edu/~frithome/docs/newsletters/2014-summer-frit.pdf "A Year of Conferences and Promotions".
  10. Web site: Antonio Nicaso. Middlebury Language Schools. 3 March 2017.
  11. Scheider, Stephen. "Bibliography". Iced- The Story of Organized Crime in Canada.
  12. http://www.iasoc.net/book_reviews.html "Angels, Mobsters & Narco-Terrorists by Antonio Nicaso and Lee Lamothe"
  13. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/montreal-mob-boss-vito-rizzuto-dead-at-67-report/article16088523/ "Vito Rizzuto’s death marks end of crime dynasties "
  14. https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/06/28/growing_up_in_calabria_italy_afraid_of_mafia.html "Growing up in Calabria, Italy, afraid of Mafia"
  15. Web site: Montreal Mafia TV series coming to a screen near you in fall 2017. Montreal Gazette. 12 January 2017. 4 March 2017.
  16. http://www.quillandquire.com/review/rocco-perri-the-story-of-canada-s-most-notorious-bootlegger/ "Rocco Perri: The Story of Canada’s Most Notorious Bootlegger"
  17. http://www.quillandquire.com/review/bloodlines-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-mafia-s-royal-family/ "Bloodlines: The Rise and Fall of the Mafia’s Royal Family"
  18. https://archive.today/20141113064316/http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=5228cf4b-b975-41dc-bb7a-001f1ff210db "Boom lures gangs: report"
  19. Peter Edwards. "Deadly silence:Canadian mafia murders".
  20. http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/10/09/15641911.html "Author: Mafia entrenched in Canada"

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