Trends in Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

This panel examines the major trends in drug trafficking and organized crime in Latin America. We have compiled a group of experts that study drug trafficking and organized crime in different countries throughout the region. The papers will examine who are the major actors in organized crime as well as the recent developments in drug trafficking and criminal operations. In addition, the papers will focus on the state’s responses to combat drug trafficking and organized crime. Finally, the panel will provide opportunities for comparative analysis among the cases examined.

Sub Track

• Violence and Insecurities

Session Organizer

• Marten W Brienen, Oklahoma State University

Chair

• Victor J Hinojosa, Baylor University

Discussant

• Lucía Dammert, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH)

Individual Presentations

• Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in Mexico - Jonathan D Rosen, Holy Family University

• Drug Trafficking after Peace - Victor J Hinojosa, Baylor University

• Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking: The Case of Bolivia - Marten W Brienen, Oklahoma State University

• Organized Crime and the State in Venezuela under Chavismo - John Polga Hecimovich, US Naval Academy