Author: Martinez, Angelica Duran
Title: Organized Crime, the State and Democracy: The Cases of Central America and the Caribbean
Summary: Over a decade on from the end of the civil wars that devastated the region, large parts of Central America are once again afflicted by chronic violence. This time, however, the principal culprits are narco-traffickers and criminal networks, undermining state structures through corruption and clandestine links to political parties, judges and law enforcement officials. In the Caribbean, meanwhile, a flourishing drug trade has brought wealth, but at the cost of rising homicide rates and grave damage to democratic institutions. Based on a two-day conference of experts held in early 2007 in New York, this report explores new thinking on the ills afflicting the region - including the highly controversial mara gangs - and how the international community might help remedy the problems of crime and corruption without undermining the fragile states that are the essential building blocks of any long-term solution.
Details: Madrid: FRIDE (Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior), 2007. 16p.
Source: Internet Resource
Year: 2007
Country: Central America
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Shelf Number: 118677
Keywords:
CorruptionCriminal GangsCriminal NetworksDrug Trafficking (Central America, Caribbean)NarcoticsOrganized Crime |
