Tag: organized crime
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See something, say something? The science of speaking out
Tattling, whistleblowing, snitching, call it what you will: Patrick Bergemann has spent the past 15 years studying the many ways that people tell on one another, examining everything from Afghan villagers’ reports of illegal Taliban activity to informers’ charges of treason in 17th century Russia. In a recent article in the Annual Review of Sociology,…
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A Civilian-Led Solution to Addressing Cartels
While both countries continue to rely on military efforts to counterattack drug cartels, families are demanding technical and financial assistance to accelerate the search of the missing and the identification of the more than 70,000 bodies that remain in the forensic backlog. As a first step, they seek to initiate a national dialogue, with the…
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The Accessibility of Guns in the US Impacts Other Countries Too
By Lucien Formichella for Fair Planet, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit against US gun manufacturers likely won’t result in victory. But it may call attention to the effect America’s lax gun laws have on its neighbours. Ineffective United States gun control does not only lead to mass shootings and violent crime in America; Mexico and…
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