Reposted by Prof Heather Marquette
How are states using organised crime to pursue covert objectives? Research by @hamarquette.bsky.social & @matthewrr.bsky.social maps state-crime relationships, showing why operational responses alone may fall short without addressing the political economy that enables them. shorturl.at/PnWUn
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Illicit Outsourcing: Domain, Politics and the Limits of Operational Responses in State–Crime Relationships — SOC ACE
States are increasingly outsourcing clandestine and covert tasks to organised criminal actors. In this RUSI Journal article, these relationships are mapped and a state-domain matrix for analysing…