3.3 Gangs and organised crime - Benjamin Lessing
Channel: UNU-WIDER
Date: 2022-06-03

Benjamin Lessing presents as part of the "Gangs and organised crime" session of the 2022 WIDER Development Conference "The puzzle of peace – towards inclusive development in fragile contexts."

Over the last decade, organized crime has resulted in record levels of violence, producing across many contexts causing as many casualties and insecurity as direct armed conflict. Although criminal organizations do not seek to directly challenge the state, they are directly affecting governance and the lives of those living in countries permeated by criminal activity. This session will discuss the politics of criminal governance, how communities are shaped by criminal actors, the inadvertent effects of state policies aimed at reducing criminal activity and what governments can do to effectively reduce violence and to which extent such policies can effectively counter criminal organizations. 

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