Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student
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Biography
B.A., University of Udine (Italy): Modern Languages (2001);
M.S., University of Pisa (Italy): Political Science (Organized Crime and Corruption Analysis 2017)
Research Interests
Transnational Crime Mobility in Tourism Resorts; Corruption; Human Trafficking; Pharmaceutical Counterfeiting & Drug Trafficking; Mexican Organized Crime; Italian Mafia Type Organized Crime; Political violence; identity and ethnicity; Fentanyl; Nitazine
Dissertation Chair
Connie McNeely
Publications
Transparency International Italia & RiSSC. (2017). Curiamo la Corruzione. Percezione, rischi e sprechi in sanità [We Cure Corruption. Perceptions, Risks and Waste in Healthcare]. Transparency International Italia.
Norio, E. (2018). The new deal of fentanyl: A comparison between the US and the European criminal markets. In D. Simović (Ed.), Archibald Reiss Days: Thematic Conference Proceedings of International Significance (pp. 329–344). Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies.
RiSSC. (n.d.). DNT Project Reports: Analysis of plant-based illegal drug trafficking and illicit tobacco products. RiSSC.
Norio, E. (2021). Why are tourist resorts attractive for transnational crime? The case of the Mayan Riviera. Tourism Review Crime, Advance online publication.
Observatorio Nacional Ciudadano [ONC]. (2023). Extorsión bajo el caleidoscopio en México, muchas modalidades y pocas políticas públicas [Extortion under the kaleidoscope in Mexico, many modalities and few public policies].
Norio, E. (2025). The shadow of transnational organized crime over the Mayan Riviera: A mapping approach. Manuscript submitted for publication to Crime Prevention and Community Safety.