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Research interests: Calabrian mafia (known as 'ndrangheta), organized crime

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Professor Antonio Nicaso is a bestselling author, and an internationally recognized expert on organized crime. He has published over 60 books focusing on the Mafia and Mafia-type criminal organizations, offering in-depth analysis of their structures, evolution, and global influence.

He regularly serves as a consultant to governments and law enforcement agencies worldwide, providing strategic insight into criminal networks and emerging threats. In addition to his extensive research on traditional organized crime, Professor Nicaso has significantly expanded his work into the study of the intersection between organized crime and artificial intelligence (AI), cybercrime, and social media. His recent research examines how criminal organizations exploit digital technologies, including the use of AI for fraud, data manipulation, and disinformation, as well as the role of social media platforms in recruitment, reputation-building, and illicit market expansion. He also analyzes the growing convergence between cybercriminal groups and traditional Mafia structures, highlighting new hybrid models of transnational crime.

Professor Nicaso is actively involved in academia and lectures at several institutions, including the Italian School of Middlebury College and the University of Naples.

He serves on the Advisory Board of the Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security, is a member of the International Advisory Council of the Italian Institute of Strategic Studies Niccol Machiavelli and contributes to the Cybrec initiative of the Magna Grecia Foundation world-wide.

He is also the President of the Centro Scuola e Cultura, where he promotes cultural and educational initiatives within the Italian community in the Greater Toronto Area.

Teaching

LLCU 213: The Social History of Organized Crime in Canada
LLCU 214: Mafia Culture and the Power of Symbols, Rituals and Myth