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Co-Operation and Law Enforcement to Counter Organized Crime in the Common Market Countries of South America - Mercosul

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Edmundo Oliveira*
Affiliation:
University of Amazonia (Brazil); International Society for Criminology, Paris (France)

Abstract

The infiltration of Organized crime in the Mercosul, founded in 1991 by the Assumption Treaty, needs the development of new procedures in order to reduce and control critical situations.

Sommaire

Sommaire

L’infiltration du crime organisé dans l’espace économique généré en Amérique latine par le traité Mercosul, impose le développement de nouvelles procédures, que l’auteur se propose d’évaluer.

Resumen

Resumen

La infiltración del crimen organizado en el espacio económico generado en América latina por el Tratado Mercosul impone el desarrollo de nuevos procedimientos que el autor se propone evaluar.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 2006 International Society for Criminology

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References

(1) First Meeting of the Committee of Bi-regional Negotiations Europe Union - Mercosul. 6 and 7 April, 2001, Buenos Aires, Argentina. That Meeting represented the first series of negotiations between the EU and Mercosul with the purpose of the conclusion of an Agreement of Inter-regional Association between the EU and Mercosul.

(2) Read the excellent approach of Zaffaroni, Eugenio Raúl, “La globalización y las Actuales Orientaciones de la Política Criminal”, in Direito e Cidadania, Praia Cabo Verde, Ano III, n° 8, 1999, pp. 72-76.

(3) That conclusion comes from the Congress on “The Researcher and the Politician”, held from August 12 to 15, 2002 in Curitiba, Paraná, by the Interdisciplinary Program Economical Globalization and Rights in Mercosul - GEDIM. In that Congress, line 3 of Research had as aim of analysis “Organized Crime and its Control in the Mercosul”.

(4) See the observations of : Souza, Solange Mendes, Cooperação Jurídica Penal no Mercosul: Novas Possibilidades, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Renovar, 2001, pp. 111-137.

(5) Consult : Beck, Francis Rafael, Perspectivas de Controle ao Crime Organizado e Crítica à Flexibilização das Garantias, São Paulo, Ibccrim, 2004, pp. 74-82.

(6) Resolution n° 55/25, Annex I, of 11.15.2000, of the United Nations General Assembly, that deals with the Convention on Organized Transnational Delinquency.

(7) That is the annotation of : Gama, Julio. “O Preço da violência”, in America Economia, São Paulo, edição Brasil, October 2004, pp. 23-26.

(8) Frossard, Denise, “Somos Todos Reféns”, in Revista Isto É., São Paulo, n° 1666, September 2001, p. 32.

(9) Weeramantry, C.G., “Human Rights and Scientific and Technological Progress”, in Human Rights: New Dimensions and Challenges, Aldershot, Unesco Publishing, 1998, pp. 247-248.

(10) Delmas-Marty, Mireille, “Le Droit Pénal Comme Éthique de la Mondialisation”, in Revue de Science Criminelle et de Droit Pénal Comparé, Paris, n° 1, Janvier-Mars, 2004, p. 26.

(11) In reference to: Maia, Rodolfo Tigre, O Estado Desorganizado Contra o Crime Organizado, Rio de Janeiro, Editora Lúmen Júris, 1997, pp. 27-36.