Organized Crime and Terrorism: From the Cells Towards Political Communication, A Case Study

Autor: Luciana Moretti Fernández
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Terrorism and Political Violence. 21:595-616
ISSN: 1556-1836
0954-6553
DOI: 10.1080/09546550903153399
Popis: During the first half of 2006 the city of Sao Paulo suffered three series of violent attacks against the security forces, civilians, and the government. The violent campaign also included a massive rebellion in prisons and culminated in the kidnapping of a journalist and the broadcast of a manifesto from the criminal organization PCC threatening the police and the government. Right after, the main device used to contain organized crime in the prisons was declared unconstitutional. This episode represents a prototypical example of the use of media-focused terrorism by organized crime for projection into the political communication arena.
Databáze: OpenAIRE