Organised crime and the state in Spain
Journal: White Rose eTheses Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York)
Year: 2011

This thesis seeks to explore the reasons why a particular form of ‘organised crime’, namely illicit enterprise, exists and flourishes in Spain. In explaining this phenomenon thus far, journalists, academics and police (and other) officials tend to point to the fact that the country possesses a number of characteristics, or a set of competitive advantages, that make Spain simply ideal for this kind of criminal activity. Predominantly, these include factors such as the location and geography of Sp