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A Quantitative Application of Enterprise and Social Embeddedness Theories to the Transnational Trafficking of Cocaine in Europe.

Authors :
Aziani, Alberto
Berlusconi, Giulia
Giommoni, Luca
Source :
Deviant Behavior; Feb2021, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p245-267, 23p, 7 Charts, 3 Graphs
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Illegal enterprise and social embeddedness theories have highlighted the importance of market forces and social factors, respectively, for analyzing organized crime and organized criminal activities. This paper empirically demonstrates the joint explanatory power of these respective theories in the case of the transnational trafficking of cocaine. It does so by conceptualizing transnational cocaine trafficking as a network of relationships among countries; a network whose structure reflects the actions of manifold organized criminal groups. The analysis utilizes exponential random graph models to analyze quantitative data on cocaine trafficking which are ordinarily difficult to capture in empirical research. The analysis presented focuses on a set of 36 European countries. The results yield insights into the nature of the relationship among economic incentives, social ties, geographic features and corruption, and how, in turn, this relationship influences the structure of the transnational cocaine network and the modi operandi of cocaine traffickers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01639625
Volume :
42
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Deviant Behavior
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
147965295
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2019.1666606