Full Description
Illicit firearms are a key enabler of organized criminal groups and illegal trade. They facilitate conflict over control of these markets, deter legitimate state actors from intervening, are deployed to threaten and coerce communities, to extort money from victims, and to facilitate a range of crimes. The sale of illegal firearms and organized crime combine to cause significant economic, social, and political harm. There is a clear and pressing need for better understanding of how illicit firearms markets are related to other forms of transnational organized crime, including drug trafficking.
Illicit Firearms Markets and Organised Crime is an interdisciplinary collection with contributions from leading and emerging experts whose research considers the intersections between illicit firearms, organized crime, and criminal networks across the globe. This cutting-edge research considers the trade of illegal firearms in different regions, with a specific focus on the interconnections and interrelationships between this trade and organised crime. Each chapter considers a particular global region and / or a specific thematic area, and sheds light on the links between the markets, the trafficking of firearms, and organized crime.
A number of key themes emerge from this collection including: the methods and routes by which firearms enter illicit markets; illegal firearms as facilitators and enablers of other criminal markets and crimes; the role of illicit firearms in exacerbating organized crime and violence; as well as policy responses to illegal firearms and the efficacy of such, including unintended consequences.
Contents
David Bright: Introduction
Part I.
1: Anthony Braga: The Illicit Sources of Guns to Criminal Groups in the United States
2: Lina Grip: Organized Crime and Illicit Firearms in Europe
3: Michael E. Picard: Illicit Firearms, Organized Crime, and Illegal Economies in South-east Asia
4: Carlos A. Pérez Ricart: The Nexus of Firearms and Organized Crime in Latin America
5: Piotr Chlebowicz: Illicit Firearms Markets and Organized Crime in Eastern Europe
6: Adewunmi J. Falode and Wasiu A. Balogun: Illicit Firearms Markets and Organized Crime in Africa
7: Nicolas Florquin, Simon Anderson, Anne-Séverine Fabre, Callixtus Joseph, and Joy St. John: Not Just a Ballistic Affair: Firearms Trafficking, Crime, and Violence in the Caribbean
Part II.
8: Monique Mann, David Bright, and Ashley Allen: Firearms Technology and Organized Crime: Assessing the Threat
9: David Décary-Hétu, Arielle Chainé, and Étienne Blais: Illicit Firearms Markets Accessible Through the Dark Web
10: Fenna van der Wijk, David Bright, and Freddie Kootstra: A Multiplex Network Perspective on Illicit Firearms Trafficking
11: David Bright and Mark Halsey: 'If You Get into the Business, You Have to Arm Up': The Possession, Display and Discharge of Firearms by Members of Organized Criminal Groups
12: Annelies Pauwels and Nils Duquet: Firearms, Conflict, and Terrorism-A Violent Nexus
David Bright: Conclusion
