Illegal Drugs, Drug Trafficking and Violence in Latin America

• Main Author: Bergman, Marcelo (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Transnational crime.; Security, International.; Latin America-Economic conditions.; Organized crime.; Latin America-Politics and government.; Trafficking.; International Security Studies.; Latin American and Caribbean Economics.; Organized Crime.; Latin American Politics.

This book describes the main patterns and trends of drug trafficking in Latin America and analyzes its political, economic and social effects on several countries over the last twenty years. Its aim is to provide readers an introductory yet elaborate text on the illegal drug problem in the region. I...