Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"drug trafficking"”.
-
Illegal drug trafficking and economic development in Colombia
… and institutional aspects of the impact drug smuggling activities have had on the Colombian economy. In the first essay, I examine drug smuggling activities as factors of institutional change forcing Colombia to adopt an export-led growth model of economic development. Revenues earned by …
-
THE WEST AFRICA-LATIN AMERICA DRUG TRAFFICKING EPIDEMIC; AN INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
… on the face of the earth is the production, trafficking, marketing and consumption of illicit drugs. The countries in West Africa have not been spared of the negative consequences of illicit drugs. While some countries have an illicit drug production problem, others have a consumption …
-
CROSSING BORDERS: MEXICAN DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS INFLUENCE ON INTERSTATE GANG STRUCTURE
… the formation of cooperative ties with Mexican drug trafficking organizations (MDTOs) has been increasing as well. Collaborative relationships with MDTOs appear to be the driving force behind the continuing gang expansion and its subsequent effects. Using social network analysis, this study …
-
Prospects for United States-Mexican cooperation in the war on drug trafficking
Drug control policy on the Southwest U.S. border requires an exceptional level of cooperation between Mexico and the United States. This thesis examines the formulation and evolution of drug control policies in both countries, and analyzes the mutual interests and the unique constraints facing …
-
Russia's fight against drug trafficking: Challenges in developing local law enforcement capabilities
This thesis discusses trafficking as a distinct form of organized crime. It highlights the different qualities of mafias and trafficking networks, the two dominant forms of organized crime in Russia. The four distinct qualities addressed are function, the potential for legalization of their …
-
Sovereignty under siege: drug trafficking and state capacity in the Caribbean and Central America
Drug trafficking organizations have increased their prominence throughout the Caribbean and Central America. These organizations undermine the rule of law, increase levels of violence and corruption, and hamper development, all of which can weaken a state. Weak or failing states become domestic and …
-
Colombia's economic recession : the impact of guerrilla violence, illicit drug trafficking, and the 1991 constitution
… following variables; guerrilla violence, illicit drug trafficking, or the 1991 Constitution, have most affected economic stability in the last half of 1990s. The thesis will argue: (1) Guerrilla violence is the most important variable that impacts Colombia's economy, causing severe internal and …
-
The Political Economy of Transnational Drug Trafficking: Criminal Rackets and State-Making in Modern Mexico
… activities (in particular contraband and drug trafficking) were important political economies supporting the development of the state security apparatus under the PRI regime in Mexico (1940s to 1990s). The thesis documents the paradoxical but regular input of criminal markets into the …
-
Transnational security challenges and statehood in Africa: A case study of drug trafficking in Ghana
… a point of very little knowledge about illicit drugs in the 1980s, Ghana has evolved over the last three decades into a major transhipment point in the global supply and demand of narcotics. Apart from the resultant rise in Ghanaians involved in trafficking activities and the consumption of …
-
An investigation into illicit drug trafficking and its Implications for national security: A case study of Khomas Region, Namibia
The present study investigated drug trafficking and its implication for national security, using Khomas Region as a case study. Illicit drug trafficking is one of the variables that offer a bigger threat to a country's national security since it has evolved into an international problem that …
-
Drug Trafficking at Sea: A Practice- Based Analysis of International Law and the US Approach to High Seas Interdictions
… international law and jurisdiction over illegal drug trafficking vessels on the high seas. Illegal drug trafficking is prevalent, with, for example, States reporting record drug seizures from Drug Trafficking Vessels [DTVs] when they are interdicted on the high seas. Transnational organized crime …
-
Street Gangs, Outlaw Bikers, the Mafia and the Mexican Cartels: Dynamics of Transnational Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking in Canada
… to affect the dynamics of the transnational drug trade in Canada? It appears that the decision to stop working through middlemen can be traced back to a relative contemporary weakness of Canadian organized crime groups that traditionally handled the Canadian distribution. Further, a …
-
An investigation into the impact of drug trafficking and abuse on human security: a case study of Siniya Compound, Ndola, Zambia
Drug trafficking and abuse is a global problem and Zambia is not spared of the ^ scourge. This study sought to establish the impact of drug trafficking and abuse among residents of Sinya area in Ndola, Zambia. It focused on outlining the demographic factors associated with residents of Sinya area …
-
An investigation into the impact of drug trafficking and abuse on human security: a case study of Siniya Compound, Ndola, Zambia
Drug trafficking and abuse is a global problem and Zambia is not spared of the ^ scourge. This study sought to establish the impact of drug trafficking and abuse among residents of Sinya area in Ndola, Zambia. It focused on outlining the demographic factors associated with residents of Sinya area …
-
A necessidade de um regime de cooperação jurídica internacional para a prevenção e o combate ao narcotráfico no estado de Guiné-Bissau
… in Guinea-Bissau in the last decade is illegal drug tafficking, which is being used to transport concaine and other drugs from Latin America to Europe, thus being considered a Narco-State. Due to the great problems caused to the State, ways of reducing and combating this organized crime are …
-
The Evolution of <i>Mara Salvatrucha 13</i> and <i>Barrio 18</i>: Violence, Extortion, and Drug Trafficking in the Northern Triangle of Central America
… structures and increased participation in drug trafficking. Furthermore, officials insinuate that gangs have developed capacities to confront security forces that enter gang territory with an increase in confrontations. This has resulted with Northern Triangle governments reclassifying …
-
Crime organizado transnacional: a relação entre tráfico de drogas e violência estrutural no Brasil
… cohesion, driven by the high profitability of drug trafficking and a set of structural conditions such as social exclusion, marginalization, inequality, unemployment, lack of access to quality education and impoverishment. As an important country in the route of international trafficking in …
-
The Cocaine-Wildlife Connection: Crime Convergence in Central America
… Central America and its connections to cocaine trafficking in protected areas by conducting a comparative study of Costa Rica and Guatemala. Recent scholarship on conservation crime suggests that illicit markets and trade networks intersect in Central American biodiversity hotspots, however, the …
-
El narcotráfico como realidad y representación en la narrativa de Germán Castro Caycedo
… society conditioned by the complex issue of drugs and drug trafficking, which were the by-products of a socio-historical process since the beginning of the 20th century. The present investigation examines journalistic articles, essays and non-fiction narrative by Castro Caycedo to study how …
-
Fighting narcotraffic in Latin America: Mexico and El Salvador—a comparative approach
… crime for decades. While Mexico has fought drug cartels with the support of the U.S. government, El Salvador has struggled to lower high crime rates mostly with its own resources. Mexico, which has a different government structure from El Salvador’s, has not been able to control drug …
Page 1 of 4