Crime from a transnational lens: the “helicoca” case
The article examines the concept of transnationality of crime to understand the various contemporary illicit flows. These flows configure illegal markets that connect different analytical scales of distance (local, national and international) and articulate non-state and state actors in a socio-poli...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (UFGD) |
| Repositorio: | Monções: Revista de Relações Internacionais da UFGD |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/12853 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ojs.ufgd.edu.br/moncoes/article/view/12853 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Crime. Transnational. Illicit markets. Crimen. Transnacional. Mercados ilegales. Crime. Transnacional. Mercados ilícitos. |
| Sumario: | The article examines the concept of transnationality of crime to understand the various contemporary illicit flows. These flows configure illegal markets that connect different analytical scales of distance (local, national and international) and articulate non-state and state actors in a socio-political process that mobilizes different kinds of violence and security discourses. With this objective, the article debates the literature that uses the concept of transnational organized crime and illicit transnational markets, highlighting its limitations and potentials. Based on this framework, it analyzes a case that occurred in Brazil in 2013, known as “helicoca”. Some other similar cases are drawn on to illustrate relevant aspects and support the analysis. Based on the notion of assemblages as a methodological strategy applied to international relations, the article exposes some dynamics of the transnational flow of cocaine from South America to Europe. In doing so, it suggests that the analysis of concrete cases may be a consistent strategy to redefine the terms in which international relations debate crime, problematizing dichotomous categories such as public-private, domestic-international and licit-illicit. Thus, it has the potential to qualify the international relations’ approach to crime and the transnational dimension of illicit markets. |
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