RT Article
T1 Is the Sinaloa Cartel a Mafia?
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 64
IS 1
SP 157
OP 174
A1 Paoli, Letizia 1966-
A1 Peters, Bryan
A1 Reuter, Peter 1944-
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1882174968
AB Aiming to reduce the conceptual ambiguity surrounding the topic of organized crime, this study assesses the extent to which the Sinaloa Cartel, the most prominent Mexican drug syndicate, has the characteristics of a mafia. The study uses Paoli’s 2020 mafia framework, which identifies seven typifying characteristics of mafias, such as the Sicilian Cosa Nostra or the Japanese Yakuza. It relies on a broad review of the literature, court transcripts and media sources. The Sinaloa Cartel fully meets none of the seven typifying traits of mafias. It comes closest on the last trait, popular legitimacy and power-sharing, but it is properly characterized as a large drug-selling enterprise. Lastly, the study draws (sombre) policy implications from the analysis.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 171-174
K1 Sinaloa Cartel
K1 mafia
K1 criminal organizations
K1 Drug trafficking
K1 Organized crime
DO 10.1093/bjc/azad004