Antonio Nicaso is an award-winning journalist, a bestselling author and an internationally recognized expert on organized crime. He has written 25 books on the subject and is best known for having published, for the first time, the "Mafia's Code." His books have been translated in several languages. He has been a key speaker at various symposia in North America, Europe, Africa, Caribbean and Australia. He sits on the Advisory Board of the Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security, at York University (Toronto) and on the International Advisory Council of The Italian Institute of Stategic Studies "Nicolò Machiavelli in Rome, Italy. He teaches graduate studies on History of Organized Crime at Middlebury College, Vermont.Frequently quoted by the media, Nicaso has been interviewed by print and broadcast journalists around the world as a Mafia expert. Also he is a regular commentator on OMNI News, Toronto.