Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/320682 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Illicit Economies and Development (JIED) [ISSN:] 2516-7227 [Volume:] 5 [Issue:] 3 [Year:] 2024 [Pages:] 37-46
Publisher: 
LSE Press, London
Abstract: 
Mozambique is becoming recognised as an emerging hub for cocaine trafficking, with links stretching back to Brazil. The arrest of a well-known associate of Brazil's Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) suggests the emergence of a new 'lusophone route' driven by the group. Mozambique's connection to other illicit flows - heroin and methamphetamines from the Makran Coast, and natural resources moving outward - provides the infrastructure to begin moving a new commodity through the country, however the PCC should not expect a silent partner in Mozambique. Political elites have played a key role in other illicit flows, and there is no reason to suggest cocaine would be any different.
Subjects: 
Mozambique
Brazil
cocaine
Lusophone
elites
state capture
PCC
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Document Type: 
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