report

Shared Responsibility: U.S.-Mexico Policy Options for Confronting Organized Crime

by David A. Shirk

Published: 2010

Publisher: Trans-Border Institute / Woodrow Wilson Center Mexico Institute

Regions: Mexico, United States, US-Mexico Border
policyarms traffickingmoney launderingpolice reformjudicial reform

Joint publication with the Woodrow Wilson Center covering bilateral policy options for confronting organized crime: arms trafficking, money laundering, demand reduction, police reform, judicial reform, military cooperation, intelligence sharing, and protection of journalists. Argued for a “shared responsibility” framework rather than treating drug violence as solely a Mexican problem.