Ethnobarometer Working Paper 1

Ethnobarometer Programme Working Paper Number 1
Migration and Criminality: the Case of Albanians in Italy

Contents

1.0	Introduction
1.1	Geopolitical Background
1.2	Italian Attitudes Towards Immigrants

2.0	Immigration in Italy
2.1	Regular or Legal Immigrants
2.2	Irregular Immigrants
2.3	Clandestine and Transitory Immigration
2.4	Italian Government Control Measures
2.5	Geographic Distribution of the Immigrant Population in Italy

Table 1	Immigrants with regular residence permits in Italy, 1990–1997
Table 2	Immigrants from developing countries with regular residence permits, 1990–1997
Table 3	Regular permits issued to Albanians in 1997, by category
Table 4	Regular and irregular immigrants from developing countries, April 1998
Table 5	Would-be entrants turned back at Italy’s borders, 1991–1995
Table 6	Principal nationalities of foreigners served with deportation orders and percentage of deportations executed, 1991–1995
Table 7	Albanians served with deportation orders and deportations executed, 1992–1997

3.0	Criminality and Immigration Flows
3.1	Statistical Difficulties
3.2	Criminality among Immigrant Populations
3.3	International Comparisons
3.4	Crimes Committed in Italy by Foreigners
3.5	Drug-related Offences
3.6	Prostitution Offences

Table 8	Principal nationalities of foreigners charged with and arrested for criminal activities, 1991–1996
Table 9	Foreigners as a percentage of total prison entries, 1991–1996
Table 10	Principal regions of origin of foreign prison inmates, 1990 and 1994
Table 11	Classification of crimes most frequently attributed to Albanians, 1991–1995
Table 12	Italians and foreigners investigated for drug-related crimes, 1991–1997
Table 13	Foreigners from selected countries investigated for drug-related offences, 1991–1995
Table 14	Italians and foreigners investigated and arrested for drug trafficking and dealing, 1994–1995
Table 15	No. of charges of crimes relating to prostitution, and total no. of persons and foreigners charged, 1991–1996
Table 16	Foreigners, by geographic area of origin, charged with crimes relating to prostitution, 1994 and 1995

4.0	Organised Crime
4.1	The growth of Albanian Organised Crime
4.2	Italian Organised Crime and Collaboration with the Albanian Mafia
	Contraband Cigarettes
	Arms Trafficking
	Drugs
	Exploitation of Prostitution
	Money Laundering
	Illegal Immigration

Table 17	Italians and Albanians charged with and arrested for prostitution-related offences, by geographic area of Italy

5.0	Conclusions