A expansão das organizações criminosas nas fronteiras da América do Sul e as iniciativas do Estado brasileiro

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to discuss the international expansion of criminal organizations, specifically the First Command of the Capital (PCC), from Brazil to South America and other continents, based on a strategy of territorial domination in Brazilian prisons and international border regions, the security dynamics of which have shifted in this regional periphery. Thus, the goal is to emphasize the theoretical underpinnings of criminal organizations' economic and transnational governance strategies, as well as the production and commercialization processes of the coca-cocaine complex in South America and Brazil's subsequent inclusion in this global illegal trade, as well as the major policies for criminal disarticulation. In this way, this article represents a distinct perspective in the fields of International Relations, Geopolitics, and Public Security, but one that is as pertinent, given its significant influence on security concerns in Brazil and South American countries.