Overview

Organized Crime in Mexico takes a hard look at the dire implications of the pervasive and powerful criminal enterprises in northern Mexico, comparing and contrasting the present threat to past issues, including drug and human smuggling during the latter half of the twentieth century. Criminal organizations operating in Mexico and the United States threaten the economic well-being of North America as well as the democratic freedoms of our neighbor to the south. Cameron H. Holmes, an experienced organized-crime prosecutor and anti–money laundering expert, shows how this shift in criminal activity is extremely damaging to North American economies and explains that in order to halt this economic erosion, U.S. policy requires a new strategy, changes in thinking, and new and increased countermeasures. Strategically, we have light-years to travel and little time to do it. Without intervention criminal activity will strangle legitimate business, degrade the Mexican economy, and, because the United States itself is so intimately affected, undermine the U.S. economy in turn. Continued prosperity in both countries depends on our joint success in controlling these criminal enterprises. Organized Crime in Mexico examines the new diversification and strategies of organized criminal groups, suggests a series of countermeasures, and places these issues in a global context. What is transpiring in Mexico is part of a larger international problem, and criminal enterprises currently pose new and consistent threats to economies around the world.  

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Author:   Cameron H. Holmes ,  Dennis Lormel
Publisher:   Potomac Books Inc
Imprint:   Potomac Books Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.513kg
ISBN:  

9781612346625

ISBN 10:   1612346626
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   15 June 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction: A Looming Economic Crisis 1. Sources of Power for Criminal Enterprises Vertical Integration of Distribution Networks in the United States Diversification into Multi-Crime Enterprises Militarization of Tactics and Operations International Expansion Symbiotic Effects—The Power Web Persistent Popular Ignorance and Misinformation 2. How Diversification Endangers Commerce Draining the Legitimate Government’s Economic Strength Infiltration and Destruction of Legitimate Commerce Impunity for Armed Threats Illustrates Unrepresentative Power 3. Are There Alternatives to Economic Crisis? Internal Limiters within Criminal Enterprises Government Retreat Legalization of Drugs Sealing the Border Abandonment of Mexico The Hard Reality 4. A Fundamental Change in the Goal Requires Fundamental Countermeasure Shifts Containment Is No Longer the Central Goal U.S. Success Is No Longer Possible without Mexican Success Much Strategic Thinking Is No Longer Appropriate Rethinking the “Threat” in Our Threat Assessments 5. Countermeasures Strategic Considerations Component Analysis The Network Schematic View 6. Long-Term Goals 7. Immediate-Term Countermeasures Focusing Investigations and Prosecutions on the CEs’ Commercial Activities Cutting off CEs from Sources of Income, Services, and Matériel Recasting Efforts to Reduce U.S. Use of Mexico-Sourced Drugs Placing Mexican CEs and Mexican CE Finance in Their Global Context Conclusion: A Time for Action Notes Index

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From money laundering to drug running, Holmes does a wonderful job explaining the vast criminal enterprise of the Mexican cartels. --Fred Burton, vice president of Stratfor Global Intelligence and coauthor of Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi--Fred Burton (01/30/2014)

Author Information

CAMERON H. HOLMES (1949–2013) was the director of the Southwest Border Anti–Money Laundering Alliance and served as chief of the Financial Remedies Section of the Arizona attorney general’s office for twenty-one years. DENNIS LORMEL is the managing director of the Anti–Money Laundering Practice at ISPA International. He served for twenty-eight years as a special agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation before retiring.

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