Felia Allum is Lecturer in Politics and Italian at the University of Bath, UK. She is co-editor of Organized Crime and the Challenge to Democracy (also published by Routledge).

Francesca Longo is Professor of Political Science and Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Public Policy at the University of Catania, Italy

Daniela Irrera is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Catania, Italy.

Panos A. Kostakos is a doctoral candidate at the University of Bath, UK