Organized Crime – The Shady Side of Globalization

Criminal networks have been operated on a global scale for quite some time. They form a huge underground economy that endangers international security. The film night, co-organized by the ZAK | Zentrum für Angewandte Kulturwissenschaft and Studium Generale des Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) together with ARTE and ZKM | Karlsruhe, explores the theme of the 14th Karlsruhe Talks in dynamic and moving images: “Das dunkle Business der ‘Ndrangheta’” shows how a rural mafia goes global and exerts international economic and political influence, while the film “Handelsware Mensch” exposes the working methods of international people trafficking. “Wirkstoff Profit – Die Medikamenten-Mafia” investigates the million-euro market with fake pharmaceuticals, while “OLAF, übernehmen Sie! Europas Betrugsfahnder” accompanies the staff of the European Anti-Fraud Office. Finally, the prize-winning feature film “Kurz und Schmerzlos” by Fatih Akin describes the path of three young men from petty crime to organized crime.
 

Program

8 p.m.
Das dunkle Business der ’Ndrangheta
Documentary by Agnès Gattegno
ARTE France 2008, 52 min

9 p.m.
Handelsware Mensch
Documentary by Sophie Jeaneau and Anna Kwak
ARTE France 2009, 45 min

9.45 p.m.
OLAF, übernehmen Sie! Europas Betrugsfahnder
Documentary by Udo van Kampen and Gunnar Krüger
ARTE/ZDF 2006, 20 min

10.10 p.m.
Wirkstoff Profit. Die Medikamenten-Mafia
Documentary by Walter Harrich and Danuta Harrich-Zandberg
ARTE/RBB/WDR 2009, 58 min

11.10 p.m. Midnight snack

11.45 p.m.
Kurz und Schmerzlos
Feature film by Fatih Akin
ARTE/ZDF 1998, 93 min