The vanishing independent: adapting to the changing dynamics of drug trafficking organisations in Mexico

IF 1.4 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
R. Guy, Piotr A. Chomczyński, R. Cortés
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ABSTRACT Organised Crime in Mexico has undergone considerable change since 2006 when violent competition between drug trafficking organisations (DTOs) intensified. This article explores changes in drug trafficking activities from the perspective of independent dealers in Mexico City. Based on in-depth interviews (N = 64) we conclude that freelance dealers are increasingly pressured to become affiliated with DTOs despite being reluctant to do so. Our data suggest that cartels are more successful in attracting independent dealers with few economic alternatives, than those who are able to support themselves with a combination of licit and illicit activities. Therefore, to the degree that illicit drug sales are essential for economic sustenance, we expect that drug dealing for a criminal organisation will become norm as independent dealer become drawn into cartel work as licit opportunities diminish. For this reason we expect that independent dealers will continue their decline as the prevalence of DTOs increase from the steady demand for illicit substances.
正在消失的独立人士:适应墨西哥贩毒组织不断变化的动态
摘要自2006年贩毒组织之间的暴力竞争加剧以来,墨西哥的有组织犯罪发生了巨大变化。本文从墨西哥城独立毒贩的角度探讨了贩毒活动的变化。根据深入访谈(N=64),我们得出结论,自由经销商尽管不愿意加入DTO,但仍面临越来越大的压力。我们的数据表明,卡特尔在吸引几乎没有经济选择的独立经销商方面比那些能够通过合法和非法活动相结合来养活自己的经销商更成功。因此,在非法药物销售对经济维持至关重要的程度上,我们预计,随着合法机会的减少,独立经销商被卷入卡特尔工作,犯罪组织的毒品交易将成为常态。因此,我们预计,随着DTO的流行率因对非法药物的稳定需求而增加,独立经销商将继续下降。
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Global Crime
Global Crime CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-
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3.90
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4.50%
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22
期刊介绍: Global Crime is a social science journal devoted to the study of crime broadly conceived. Its focus is deliberately broad and multi-disciplinary and its first aim is to make the best scholarship on crime available to specialists and non-specialists alike. It endorses no particular orthodoxy and draws on authors from a variety of disciplines, including history, sociology, criminology, economics, political science, anthropology and area studies. The editors welcome contributions on any topic relating to crime, including organized criminality, its history, activities, relations with the state, its penetration of the economy and its perception in popular culture.
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