Experts Workshop Port Cities Fighting Transatlantic Drug Trafficking

This chapter considers the Dismantling Law through the journey of the Ford Ka stolen from Uber driver Diego in the East Zone. Prior to the Law, the dismantling market was highly susceptible to illegality, as might be expected from a market in stolen car parts. This has led to a conflict between actors competing for economic and political gains from illegal money.

En Brasil, cerca de 500 mil vehículos son robados todos los años, siendo un 45% en São Paulo. En el caso de los autos, los destinos son conocidos – deshuesaderos, negocios de autopartes, fronteras, subastas, reventa, usos en otras acciones delictivas. Este artículo traza la trayectoria de un Ford Ka 2018 robado y desarmado en São Paulo y debate la regulación de las economías ilegales.

The interview begins by tracing the trajectory of this experienced researcher through his theoretical, thematic and empirical choices. Next, we explore some issues raised in the thematic dossier “States of circulation: The co-production of logistical and political orders”

The panel analyses the characteristics, causes, and consequences of drug trafficking and drug policy in the Middle East, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and West Africa. The discussion contextualises the challenges of transatlantic drug trafficking, teases out commonalities and differences, and provides comparative insights.

This visual exploration examines two distinct aspects of drug trafficking using seizure data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The first focuses on maritime drug trafficking, analyzing sea-related seizures that occurred in ports, harbors, territorial waters, rivers, or aboard vessels. The second shifts to cocaine paste (pasta básica), exploring the scale, distribution, and concentration of large interdictions. Through interactive visualizations, this exploration provides insights into where and how major drug seizures take place, offering a data-driven perspective on interdiction patterns.

Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Brazilian urban peripheries, this article proposes a theoretical reflection on normative multiplicities and their relations to the dynamics of violence in contexts of sharp conflict.

This chapter considers the Dismantling Law through the journey of the Ford Ka stolen from Uber driver Diego in the East Zone. Prior to the Law, the dismantling market was highly susceptible to illegality, as might be expected from a market in stolen car parts. This has led to a conflict between actors competing for economic and political gains from illegal money.

En Brasil, cerca de 500 mil vehículos son robados todos los años, siendo un 45% en São Paulo. En el caso de los autos, los destinos son conocidos – deshuesaderos, negocios de autopartes, fronteras, subastas, reventa, usos en otras acciones delictivas. Este artículo traza la trayectoria de un Ford Ka 2018 robado y desarmado en São Paulo y debate la regulación de las economías ilegales.

The interview begins by tracing the trajectory of this experienced researcher through his theoretical, thematic and empirical choices. Next, we explore some issues raised in the thematic dossier “States of circulation: The co-production of logistical and political orders”