TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holmes,Cameron H.
TI  - Organized crime in Mexico: assessing the threat to North American economies 
SN  - 9781612346632
AV  - HV6453.M6 H65 2014eb
U1  - 364.1060972 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Lincoln
PB  - Potomac Books
KW  - Organized crime
KW  - Mexico
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - North America
KW  - Drug control
KW  - Crime prevention
KW  - Crime organisé
KW  - Aspect économique
KW  - Amérique du Nord
KW  - Lutte antidrogue
KW  - Mexique
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Criminology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Organisiertes Verbrechen
KW  - gnd
KW  - Mexiko
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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 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
N2  - 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
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