Organized crime in Mexico : assessing the threat to North American economies / / Cameron H. Holmes ; foreword by Dennis Lormel

• Autore: Holmes Cameron H.
• Pubblicazione: Lincoln : , : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.1060972
• Soggetto topico: Organized crime - Mexico; Organized crime - Economic aspects - North America; Drug control - Mexico; Crime prevention - Mexico
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Commerce ; Impunity 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 Considerations ; Component 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; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Organized crime in Mexico
• ISBN: 1-61234-663-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464755003321
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