Between Factions and Clans: The Structuring of the Drug Market in Porto Alegre and Córdoba from the Dynamics of Their Criminal Collectivities

ABSTRACT

We relate the structuring processes of drug trafficking in Porto Alegre and Córdoba, from 2000 to 2015, emphasizing the collectives that led their management (factions and clans). Although responding to the same organizing demand of emerging markets in the early 2000s, we argue that each group reflects a combination of elements that have prevailed locally, whose distinctions are being blurred by their adaptations to global drug market pressures.

KEYWORDS:
illegal markets; drug trafficking; criminal collectivities; Córdoba; Porto Alegre