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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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.

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