CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Marinelli, Chiara |
|---|---|
| Title | Hierarchy vs Dispersion: Catalonia Drug Smuggling and Human Trafficking Criminal Networks Structure |
| Summary | Drug smuggling and human trafficking criminal networks are usually described as pyramidal hierarchical organizations with multiple members in charge of a specific position in the network according to their tasks. However, the reality is more complex and the structure of both crimes networks vary according to their position in the criminal chain, for example between networks in charge of the recruitment or production of the illicit good and those in charge of the distribution or exploitation phase of the crime. The analysis of 96 final judicial rulings of drug smuggling and human trafficking in Catalonia shows consistency with this thesis. Drug smuggling criminal chain of cocaine and hashish, the two main drugs that are smuggled to Catalonia and from there to Italy, France, Netherlands, and Switzerland, includes suppliers in the drug’s country of origin, especially South America and Morocco, networks in charge of the transportation and wholesales of the drugs, and local wholesalers and retailers that are in charge of the local market. Similarly, the human trafficking criminal chain presents recruitment networks in the victim’s country of origin, transportation networks with multiple contacts in the transit regions, and finally exploitation networks based in Catalonia. Moreover, there are links with other networks specialized in specific tasks such as the falsification of documents and the corruption of public officers. Consequently, a difference must be made between the structure of the criminal chain that involves all the networks necessary to commit the crime and the structure of the single networks that are part of the chain. The later implies segmented loosed structures with multiple networks involve in the different phases of the crime while the former presents a more traditional hierarchical structure. |
| Supervisor | Brown, Caitlin; Kissack, Robert |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/marinelli_chiara.pdf |
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