Valentina Butera

Valentina Butera is a student of the Social Research Master Program at the Humboldt University of Berlin. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Politics and International Relations (University of Kent) and a Master’s Degree in Criminology (Universitá di Bologna and University of California, Berkeley). Among her research interests are the expansion of Italian Mafias abroad, the cooperation among organised crime structures and the relationship between organised crime and democratisation processes.