Narcokleptocracy

Narcokleptocracy

A narcokleptocracy is a society ruled by "thieves" involved in the trade of narcotics.

The term has its origin in a report prepared by a subcommittee of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by Massachusetts Senator John Kerry. [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB113/north06.pdf] The term was used specifically to describe the regime of Manuel Noriega in Panama. The term's construction builds on the already existing pejorative term "kleptocracy"- which is a government run by thieves. That is more precisely, a government run expressly for the financial benefit of those who govern.

See also

*Pablo Escobar
*illegal drug trade
*Raubwirtschaft
*Political corruption
*narco-capitalism
*Operation Just Cause
*neologism
*narcoterrorism


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