Narcotráfico y economía ilícita: las redes del crimen organizado en Río de Janeiro

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE ANALYZES THEORETICAL ISSUES CONCERNING THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY ON THE BASIS OF AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE NETWORKS OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN RIO DE JANEIRO. IN THIS PAPER, DRUG TRAFFICKING IS REGARDED AS A SECTOR OF THE ILLEGAL ECONOMY, BASED, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR.S INTERPRETATION, ON THE RATIONALIZED USE OF VIOLENCE, KINSHIP AND AFFECTIVE LINKS AND CORRUPTION.