Media Coverage

This page includes the main articles published in Italian or international newspapers or media agencies regarding the projects I worked or I am currently working on.

International Press (selected):

• The Economist: Mexico’s gangs could be the country’s fifth-biggest employer 

• The Financial Times:  Mexico’s cartels luring hundreds of recruits every week, research finds 

• The Washington Post: An iron-fisted war on crime in Latin America will fail 

• Los Angeles Times: How many people work for the Mexican drug cartels? Researchers have an answer 

• El País:  Rafael Prieto, creador del modelo matemático de ‘Science’: “Sería feliz si el presidente tuviera más datos sobre los carteles” 

• The Guardian: Mexican cartels are fifth-largest employers in the country, study finds 

• NBC News: GOP candidates' proposals to attack drug cartels is the wrong approach, Mexican researchers say 

• The Independent: Drug cartels are Mexico’s fifth largest employer with 175,000 on payroll, study finds 

• El Universal: Urge rescatar a nuestros jóvenes and Narco & Asociados, ese gran patron de 175 mil mexicanos 

• El Imparcial:  Según estudio, el narco es el quinto empleador más grande de México, superando a empresas como Oxxo y Pemex 

• Der Standard: Drogenkartelle sind fünftgrößter Arbeitgeber Mexikos 

• The Hill: Mexican cartels rank as nation’s fifth-largest employer: study 

• News Nation: Study: Drug cartels have more than 175K on payroll in Mexico (video)

• Vice Uk: "Shoplifters On What They're Stealing Now All the Shops Are Closed"

• BMC Blog Network: "Complex networks can shed light on the hidden patterns that connect terrorist actors"

Italian Press:

• Il Dolomiti: Cartelli della droga, l’esperto di Fbk al lavoro per capire come ridurre violenze in Messico 

• La Repubblica:  Come l'intelligenza artificiale può diventare un'arma contro il terrorismo 

• Il Sole 24 Ore: "Software e Big Data a Caccia"

• Rai News: "Proton, il progetto UE per studiare e contrastare il reclutamento mafioso" (video)

• Ansa.it: "La lotta alla mafia entra nella realtà virtuale"

• Il Sole 24 Ore: "Come stanare terroristi e criminali con l'aiuto dell'intelligenza artificiale"

• Ultima Voce: "Progetto Proton. La Lotta Alla Mafia Sbarca Sulla Realtà Virtuale"

• Radio 24: "Un modello virtuale per contrastare mafia e terrorismo"