Articles · Vol. 23 No 1 (2019): Revue africaine de sociologie · Pages 110-122

8 - A Researcher’s Visit to Italy: Human trafficking and the Nigerian-Sicilian Mafias

Vol. 23 · 2019 N°1 Revue africaine de sociologie ASR

Résumé

Cet essai examine le lien complexe entre le crime organisé et les migrants dans les pays hôtes. Il s’intéresse plus particulièrement à l ’afflux d ’immigrants clandestins traversant la Méditerranée centrale en direction de l’Italie et à l’émergence de gangs criminels nigérians qui ont cimenté un lien ignoble mais durable avec la mafia notoire de Sicile. Ce réseau, qui a pris son essor, a modifié la carte traditionnelle du crime organisé sur l ’île, défiant toute mesure à la fois régionale et mondiale. L’essai exprime l’inquiétude de savoir comment la Sicile entend cesser d’être «le camp de réfugiés de l’Europe» en augmentant le nombre de rapatriements, compte tenu des implications financières, logistiques et humanitaires d’une telle entreprise.

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