111:. 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. With over 40 published works, 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
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313:, (Holy Water), Mondadori, Milano, 2013. Co-authored with Nicola Gratteri. Translated into French: Sainte Mafia: Église et 'Ndrangheta: une histoire de pouvoir, de silence et d'absolution.
52:). 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
83:, 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
119:(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,
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Italia. Regione contesa. Dialogo sul capitalismo mafioso e l'utopia della rinascita. With
Roberto Bevacqua, Pellegrini, Cosenza, 2022.
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Nicaso initially began his career as a print and television journalist, writing about local
Italian phenomena like the 'Ndrangheta,
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368:, (Blood Brothers: History and Business of the 'ndrangheta) Mondadori, Milan, 2008. Translated into Spanish, Dutch and Slovak.
220:, Macmillan Canada, Toronto, 1995. Co-authored with Lee Lamothe, and translated into French, Dutch, Hungarian and Indonesian.
115:(2013) which attempts to deconstruct the myth propagated by cinema, television and the media of mafiosi as men of honour and
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387:, (The 'ndranghetas: The Affiliates of the Calabrian Mafia) Monteleone, Vibo Valentia, 1994. Co-authored with Diego Minuti.
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87:(Toronto); on the International Advisory Council of the Italian Institute of Strategic Studies "Niccolò Machiavelli" in
537:"In the Name of the Father, the Son, and of the 'Ndrangheta. Dangerous Liaisons between church and crime in Calabria"
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Fratelli di sangue, La 'ndrangheta tra arretratezza e modernità: da mafia agro-pastorale a holding del crimine
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in the United States and is the co-director of the
Research in Forensic Semiotics Unit at Victoria College (
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Quando la 'ndrangheta scoprì l'America, Mondadori, 2018. Co-authored with Maria Barillà e
Vittorio Amaddeo.
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Costituzione attraverso gli uomini e le donne che l'hanno fatta, Mondadori, 2022. With Nicola Gratteri.
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Fratelli di sangue, Storia e affari della 'ndrangheta, la mafia più potente del mondo
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Santissima: La Chiesa e la 'Ndrangheta: storie di potere, silenzi e assoluzioni
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Dire e non dire, I dieci comandamenti della 'ndrangheta nelle parole degli affiliati
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Storia segreta della 'ndrangheta, Mondadori, 2018. Co-authored with Nicola
Gratteri.
196:, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, 2013. Co-authored with Marcel Danesi.
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Angels, Mobsters and Narco-Terrorists: The Rising Menace of Global
Criminal Empires
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Cacciatori di tracce: storie di tecniche di investigazione sulla scena del crime
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Il mito di Cosa Nostra. With Rosario Giovanni Scalia, Solferino, Milano, 2022.
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Non chiamateli eroi, Mondadori ragazzi, 2021. Coauthored with Nicola Gratteri
356:, ('Ndrangheta: The Roots of Hatred) Aliberti, Reggio Emilia, 2007 and 2010.
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622:"Angels, Mobsters & Narco-Terrorists by Antonio Nicaso and Lee Lamothe"
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Oro Bianco. Storie di uomini, traffici e denaro dall'impero della cocaina
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L'Inganno della Mafia, Rai-Eri, 2017. Co-authored with Nicola Gratteri.
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Complici e colpevoli, Mondadori, 2021. Coauthored with Nicola Gratteri
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Ossigeno Illegale, Mondadori, 2020. Coauthored with Nicola Gratteri.
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Made men: Mafia Culture and the Power of Symbols, Rituals, and Myth,
48:, Ontario, Canada. He is an expert on the Calabrian mafia (known as
673:"Montreal Mafia TV series coming to a screen near you in fall 2017"
393:, (The Usurpers and the Usurped) Pellegrini Editore, Cosenza, 1990.
380:, (The Mafia and Me: Giulio Andreotti's Truth) Vibo Valentia, 1995.
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Padrini e Padroni. Come la 'ndrangheta è diventata classe dirigente
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Made Men: Mafia Culture and The Power of Symbols, Rituals, and Myth
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Fiumi d'oro, Mondadori, 2017. Co-authored with Nicola Gratteri.
694:"Rocco Perri: The Story of Canada’s Most Notorious Bootlegger"
444:" "Italy's 'Ndrangheta Mafia: A Powerful Ally for the Zetas "
399:, (The Origins of the 'ndrangheta) Rubbettino, Cosenza, 1990.
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Bloodlines: the Rise and the Fall of the Mafia's Royal Family
337:, (My Fight Against the 'ndrangheta) Mondadori, Milan, 2009.
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La rete degli invisibili, Mondadori, 2019. Co-authored with
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Rocco Perri: The Story of Canada's Most Notorious Bootlegger
710:"Bloodlines: The Rise and Fall of the Mafia’s Royal Family"
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International Organization for the Study of Organized Crime
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Senza Onore, antologia di testi letterari sulla 'ndrangheta
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Manuela Bertone, Antonio Nicaso, Donato Santeramo (éd.),
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Business or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto's Last War
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Business or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto's Last War
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Global Mafia: The New World Order of Organized Crime
490:"Expert says Canadians too soft on organized crime"
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184:, Routledge, 2021. Co-authored with Marcel Danesi.
79:Nicaso has published more than 30 books. His book
335:La malapianta, la mia lotta contro la 'ndrangheta
660:"Growing up in Calabria, Italy, afraid of Mafia"
347:Il Grande Inganno: I disvalori della 'ndrangheta
68:and the Italian School of Middlebury College in
397:Alle origini della 'ndrangheta: la picciotteria
299:Male Lingue: Vecchi e nuovi codici delle mafie
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