Organised food crime: an analysis of the involvements of organised crime groups in the food sector in England and Italy

• Published in: Crime, law, and social change Vol. 78; no. 5; pp. 463 - 482
• Main Author: Rizzuti, Alice
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Concept formation; Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law; Criminology; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Exploitation; Food; Food safety; Fraud; Law and Criminolgy; Law enforcement; Organized crime; Political Science; Social Sciences; White collar crime; United Kingdom > UK; England; Italy

The food sector is subject to illegal practices of various types such as adulteration or exploitation of labour. In the media and public discourse, this phenomenon is often associated to activities by organised crime groups. Drawing on a socio-legal empirical study on the perception and conceptualis...