RT Article
T1 Breaking democracy: illegal political finance and organized crime in Guatemala
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 75
IS 1
SP 21
OP 43
A1 Sanz-Levia, Laura
A2 Jiménez Sánchez, Fernando 1963-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1826592296
AB Guatemala has been struggling in its road towards consolidated democracy since the mid-80s when its first democratic government was elected. Internal conflict is no rare occurrence in a country which civil war ended relatively recently, in 1996, and lasted over 30 years. Today, while Guatemala’s economy is the largest of Central America, inequality, poverty and social exclusion - particularly of indigenous people, are rife. Organized crime is also a prevalent concern and an imminent threat to the rule of law. Criminal investigations have evidenced how public institutions and policies are compromised by a rotten political finance system with pervasive links with drug trafficking structures. This paper (1) analyzes the legislative framework (and its implementation) for political financing in Guatemala; (2) identifies how organized crime uses those gaps to filter dirty money in politics, and, more generally, in public life; and (3) pinpoints priority areas for sustainable reform.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 42-43
K1 Corruption
K1 Guatemala
K1 Organized Crime
K1 Political financing
K1 Reforms
DO 10.1007/s10611-020-09918-x