Mafia state
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| - | '''Narco-state''' (also '''narco-capitalism''' or '''narco-economy''' is a political and economic term applied to states where policies are seen to collude and cooperate with the [[illegal drug trade]]. It has been argued that [[Tajikistan]] in the 2000s qualified as a narco-state in the ''[[Journal of Drug Issues]]''. [[Guinea-Bissau]], in West Africa, has been called a narco-state due to government officials often being bribed by traffickers to ignore the illegal trade. Colombian [[drug cartel]]s used the West African coast as [[Jamaica]] and [[Panama]] increased policing. ''[[The Guardian]]'' noted Guinea-Bissau's lack of prisons, few police, and poverty attracted the traffickers. An article in ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' questioned the effectiveness of money from the [[United States]], the [[European Union]] and the [[United Nations]] designated to combat the illegal trade. | + | |
| + | The term '''mafia state''' is a political [[buzzword]] to describe a [[Sovereign state|state]] system where the [[government]] is tied with [[organized crime]], including when government officials, [[police]], and/or [[military]] take part in [[Black market|illicit enterprises]]. The term ''mafia'' is a reference to any organized crime groups strongly connected with the authorities. | ||
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| + | According to the critics of the mafia state concept, the term "has now been so used and abused in popularized descriptions of organized criminal activity that it has lost much of its analytic value". | ||
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| + | The term may also be used in a positive sense, and be used to describe a political system in which the government has been replaced by organized crime. This concept has been used in some libertarian fiction, such as the novel ''The Syndic'', which Samuel Edward Konkin III, the creator of agorism, referred to as an under appreciated classic. | ||
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| + | According to US diplomats, [[defector]] [[Alexander Litvinenko]] coined the phrase "mafia state." | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| - | * [[Crack epidemic]] | + | |
| + | ===Related concepts=== | ||
| + | * [[Counterintelligence state]] | ||
| + | * [[Police state]] | ||
| + | * [[Narco-state]] | ||
| * [[Failed state]] | * [[Failed state]] | ||
| - | * [[First Opium War|Opium War]] | + | * [[Terrorist state]] |
| - | * [[Mexican Drug War]] | + | * [[North Korea's illicit activities]] |
| - | * [[Philippine Drug War]] | + | |
| - | * [[Narco-submarine]] | + | |
| - | * [[War on Drugs]] | + | |
| - | * [[Rogue state]] | + | |
| - | * [[Corruption]] | + | |
| * [[Kleptocracy]] | * [[Kleptocracy]] | ||
| - | * [[Mafia state]] | + | |
| - | * [[Illegal drug trade]] | + | |
| - | * [[State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration]] | + | |
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The term mafia state is a political buzzword to describe a state system where the government is tied with organized crime, including when government officials, police, and/or military take part in illicit enterprises. The term mafia is a reference to any organized crime groups strongly connected with the authorities.
According to the critics of the mafia state concept, the term "has now been so used and abused in popularized descriptions of organized criminal activity that it has lost much of its analytic value".
The term may also be used in a positive sense, and be used to describe a political system in which the government has been replaced by organized crime. This concept has been used in some libertarian fiction, such as the novel The Syndic, which Samuel Edward Konkin III, the creator of agorism, referred to as an under appreciated classic.
According to US diplomats, defector Alexander Litvinenko coined the phrase "mafia state."
See also
Related concepts
- Counterintelligence state
- Police state
- Narco-state
- Failed state
- Terrorist state
- North Korea's illicit activities
- Kleptocracy
