Illicit markets, weak states and violence: Iraq and Mexico

This article focuses on drug trafficking violence in Mexico and on those elements of the violence in Iraq which are related to competition for the control over smuggling of oil and other largely licit commodities. It suggests that the broader context is critical, while the nature of the commodity -...

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Main Author: Williams, Phil 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2009
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2009, Volume: 52, Issue: 3, Pages: 323-336
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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