Criminal gangs

In this session, Hernan Mondani and Amir Rostami from Stockholm University will present their paper on criminal nomads, which investigates the criminal collaboration patterns of two OMCGs in Sweden with a long history of deadly hostilities. After this intervention, Lin van Schalkwyk from Ghent University and Judy-Ann Cilliers from MathMoms will deliver a presentation on the topic ‘Can belonging be nurtured as a preventative measure against gangsterism?’, which will illustrate how the search for belonging, identity, and purpose leads young people to gangs and organised crime. The session will conclude with a presentation by Andrew Cesare Miller, who will present the findings of his paper on ‘Cycles of silence: how hangs undermine justice’. A talk by Judy-Ann Cilliers, Lin van Schalkwyk, Paul Friedberg, Andrew Miller and Amir Rostami MathMoms, Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP), Ghent University, cellebrite, United States Naval Academy and Stockholm University