Publications
Under Review
Paternoster C, Calderoni F. (2025+) Ties to Trust: Factors Influencing Collaboration Within and Across Organised Criminal Groups.
Diviak T, Paternoster C, Jürgen L, Calderoni F. (2025+) Exploring the Dynamic Interplay between Communication and Co-offending Using Relational Hyperevent Data on an Italian Mafia Network.
Journals
Carbone C., Paternoster C., Riccardi M. (2025) Ville Lumière Ou Ville Obscure? Assessing the Secrecy of Firms Owning Real Estate Properties in Paris. Trends in Organized Crime https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-025-09570-8
Paternoster C, Nazzari M, Jofre M, Uberti T.E. (2025) Inside the Leak: Exploring the Structure of the Conti Ransomware Group. Global Crime 26(2), 148–171. https://doi.org/10.1080/17440572.2025.2473350
Mademlis I, Mancuso M, Paternoster C, Evangelatos S, Finlay E, Hughes J, Radoglou-Grammatikis P, Sarigiannidis P, Stavropoulos G, Votis K, Papadopoulos G Th. (2024) The invisible arms race: digital trends in illicit goods trafficking and AI-enabled responses. IEE Transactions on Technology and Society 6(2), 181-199. https://doi.org/10.1109/TTS.2024.3514683
Book Chapters
Kalpakis G, Paternoster C, Mancuso M, Kozhuharova D, Spathi T, Semertzidis T, Tsikrika T, Vrochidis S. (2024) AI-Based Framework for Supporting Micro and Small Hosting Service Providers on the Report and Removal of Online Terrorist Content. In: Gkotsis, I., Kavallieros, D., Stoianov, N., Vrochidis, S., Diagourtas, D., Akhgar, B. (eds), Paradigms on Technology Development for Security Practitioners. Security Informatics and Law Enforcement. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62083-6_20
Dugato M, Paternoster C. (2022) Organized Crime and the Retail Sector. In Zabyelina, Y., Thachuk, K. L. (eds), The Private Sector and Organized Crime: Criminal Entrepreneurship, Illicit Profits, and Private Sector Security Governance, Routledge: 180- 194. http://hdl.handle.net/10807/215308
Conference Papers
- Bianchi S, Mancuso M, Paternoster C, Kalpakis G,Tsikrika T, Vrochidis S, Kozhuharova D, Jaeger B. (2023) Artificial Intelligence to Counter Cyber-Terrorism. Proceedings of the International Conference on Cybersecurity and Cybercrime (IC3), 10, 12-20
Other Publications (Policy Reports and Projects Deliverables - selection)
Nicolazzo G, Bernatskyi B, Ventre L, Cascone G, Paternoster C, Ovsiannikova I, Bremi D, Axinte L. (2025) Restrictive measures: the challenges in front of the EU. Report on schemes employed to circumvent sanctions. Milan: Transcrime - Joint Research Centre on Innovation and Crime. ISBN: 978-88-99719-50-0
Cascone G, Paternoster C, Riccardi M, Poltoratskaya V, Tóth B, Baez-Camargo C, Costa J, (2025). High-level Corruption: an Analysis of Schemes, Costs and of Policy Recommendations. Policy Brief of Project FALCON. Milan: Transcrime – Joint Research Centre on Innovation and Crime. ISBN: 978-88-99719-48-7
Nicolazzo G, Paternoster C, Cascone G, Ventre L, Anastasio M, Bernatskyi B, Riccardi M, Rondani C. (2024) Handbook on new forms of, and risk factors for, high-level transnational corruption schemes. Milan: Transcrime - Joint Research Centre on Innovation and Crime. ISBN: 9788899719494
Paternoster C, Mancuso M. (2023). Report on online radicalisation, extremism and terrorism. ALLIES project - AI-based framework for supporting micro and small HSPs on the report and removal of online terrorist content. Available upon request
Carbone C, Paternoster C, Riccardi M (2023). Beneficial owners of European companies (and related risks). In European Commission. Directorate General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Market Union. (Eds), Preparatory action, Capacity building, programmatic development, and communication in the context of the fight against money laundering and financial crimes. Final report annexes (p 3-62) Publications Office.
Dugato M, Paternoster C, Favarin S (2021). La Sicurezza nel Retail in Italia 2021. Milan: Crime&tech (Spin-off di Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore-Transcrime). ISBN: 978-88-99719-27-2