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Classical and Quantum Random Walks to Identify Leaders in Criminal Networks
Annamaria Ficara, Giacomo Fiumara, Pasquale De Meo +1
Random walks simulate the randomness of objects, and are key instruments in various fields such as computer science, biology and physics. The counter part of classical random walks…
Multilayer Network Analysis: The Identification of Key Actors in a Sicilian Mafia Operation
Annamaria Ficara, Giacomo Fiumara, Pasquale De Meo +1
Recently, Social Network Analysis studies have led to an improvement and to a generalization of existing tools to networks with multiple subsystems and layers of connectivity. Thes…
Disrupting Resilient Criminal Networks through Data Analysis: The case of Sicilian Mafia
Lucia Cavallaro, Annamaria Ficara, Pasquale De Meo +4
Compared to other types of social networks, criminal networks present hard challenges, due to their strong resilience to disruption, which poses severe hurdles to law-enforcement a…
Network Structure and Resilience of Mafia Syndicates
Santa Agreste, Salvatore Catanese, Pasquale De Meo +2
In this paper we present the results of the study of Sicilian Mafia organization by using Social Network Analysis. The study investigates the network structure of a Mafia organizat…
Visualizing criminal networks reconstructed from mobile phone records
Emilio Ferrara, Pasquale De Meo, Salvatore Catanese +1
In the fight against the racketeering and terrorism, knowledge about the structure and the organization of criminal networks is of fundamental importance for both the investigation…
Detecting criminal organizations in mobile phone networks
Emilio Ferrara, Pasquale De Meo, Salvatore Catanese +1
The study of criminal networks using traces from heterogeneous communication media is acquiring increasing importance in nowadays society. The usage of communication media such as…