03745nam 2200625 450 991046475500332120200520144314.01-61234-663-4(CKB)3710000000114277(EBL)1694139(SSID)ssj0001225070(PQKBManifestationID)11708835(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001225070(PQKBWorkID)11264972(PQKB)10279392(OCoLC)880579750(MdBmJHUP)muse32245(MiAaPQ)EBC1694139(Au-PeEL)EBL1694139(EXLCZ)99371000000011427720181006d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOrganized crime in Mexico assessing the threat to North American economies /Cameron H. Holmes ; foreword by Dennis LormelLincoln :Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (223 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61234-662-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: A Looming Economic Crisis; 1. Sources of Power for Criminal Enterprises; Vertical Integration of Distribution Networks in the United States; Diversification into Multi- Crime Enterprises; Militarization of Tactics and Operations; International Expansion; Symbiotic Effects- The Power Web; Persistent Popular Ignorance and Misinformation; 2. How Diversification Endangers Commerce; Draining the Legitimate Government's Economic Strength; Infiltration and Destruction of Legitimate CommerceImpunity for Armed Threats Illustrates Unrepresentative Power3. Are There Alternatives to Economic Crisis?; Internal Limiters within Criminal Enterprises; Government Retreat; Legalization of Drugs; Sealing the Border; Abandonment of Mexico; The Hard Reality; 4. A Fundamental Change in the Goal Requires Fundamental Countermeasure Shifts; Containment Is No Longer the Central Goal; U.S. Success Is No Longer Possible without Mexican Success; Much Strategic Thinking Is No Longer Appropriate; Rethinking the "Threat" in Our Threat Assessments; 5. Countermeasures; Strategic ConsiderationsComponent AnalysisThe Network Schematic View; 6. Long- Term Goals; 7. Immediate- Term Countermeasures; Focusing Investigations and Prosecutions on the ces' Commercial Activities; Cutting off ces from Sources of Income, Services, and Matériel; Recasting Efforts to Reduce U.S. Use of Mexico- Sourced Drugs; Placing Mexican ces and Mexican ce Finance in Their Global Context; Conclusion: A Time for Action; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZExamines the new diversification and strategies of the organized criminal groups, suggests counter measure, and places these issues in a global context since the threats posed by criminal enterprises impact economies world wide.Organized crimeMexicoOrganized crimeEconomic aspectsNorth AmericaDrug controlMexicoCrime preventionMexicoElectronic books.Organized crimeOrganized crimeEconomic aspectsDrug controlCrime prevention364.1060972Holmes Cameron H.1041614MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464755003321Organized crime in Mexico2465274UNINA