Mafia & Co. The Criminal Networks in Mexico, Brasil and Colombia

By Juan Carlos Garzón, Woodrow Wilson Center.

In this time of transition, we must look at which external and internal factors have changed, how organized crime and its dominant structures are adapting, and what influences these changes have on society, not only in terms of the use of violence, but also in terms of social, political, and economic dimensions.

Our inability to understand this phenomenon is one of its primary strengths; and denial is its greatest advantage. While the State has been dealing with organized crime as a marginal matter, crime has taken up residence inside our systems. It even negotiates directly with government institutions in spite of the fact that its motives cannot be described as political. Its future is promising – ours, uncertain.

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