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Este libro es un ejercicio de historia comparada, teniendo como sujeto y objeto de nuestro relato España y Portugal, desde dos marcos cronológicos diferentes. El período en que se articula una relaidad imperial durante el Antiguo Régimen y la del cambio hacia políticas nacionales imperiales. En este largo recogido histórico jugaron un papel relevante, tanto el tabaco, como le tráfico de esclavos. Entre 1580-1640 podemos referirnos a un solo Atlántico ibérico, en los aspectos defensivos y económicos y de modo especial en el tráfico de esclavos. Los dos monopolios ibéricos del tabaco se construyeron de manera distinta. La distinción institucional entre ambos Imperios se mantuvo durante la Unión Ibérica y la Restaracíon articuló un sistema atlántico del tabaco con muchas diferencias a partir de 1640. De la parte española se intentó crear un estanco imperial hispánico que culminó en la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII, muy ligado a las necesidades militares de defensa de las Indias. El monopolio portugués, cuya creación es paralela a la del estanco español, estuvo siempre restringido al territorio peninsular y a los archipiélagos del Atlántico medio, estando casi toda su historia en manos de arrendadores a diferencia de lo que pasó en España. Este sistema aproxima el estanco portugués al francés, en el que el tabaco entró en el contrato general de los arrendadores en 1730. No hubo pues un estanco Imperial, aunque si podemos referirnos a un sistema atlántico del tabaco lusitano. Desde Bahia se abrió un camino nuevo, al margen del mercado europeo, al integrarse el tabaco como mercancía de ida directa (sin pasar por Lisboa) en el comercio de esclavos (Tabaco por esclavos). Esta obra se acerca las principales claves planteadas en los debates parlamentarios de las Cortes de Cádiz y del Trienio Liberal en torno a la possible incompatibilidad entre libertad, propriedad y estanco del tabaco, e igualmente al debate político sobre la esclavitud. En los comienzos del reinado de Isabel II se llegó al consenso de la continuidad de la esclavitud en ultramar, con la prohibición de la trata, para conformar una política pública que, bajo el mandato progresista, se consolidó como una cuestión de estado, orientada a garantizar la dependencia colonial de Cuba, Puerto Rico y Filipinas.

Smuggling.

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This book examines the smuggling of migrants and trafficking of human beings in the EU with a comparative analysis of how British and Italian law has approached the issues. It will be a valuable resource for academics and students working in the areas of migration, refugee, criminal justice and EU law as well as policy-makers and practitioners working with refugee and immigration issues.

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Smuggling. --- Smuggling --- Contraband trade --- Crime --- Customs administration --- History.

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"Organized crime is not in retreat. Quite the reverse; it is spreading far and wide, and contrary to popular belief, it is much more damaging than terrorist activity. The success of any initiative to combat the wide-ranging effects of organized crime depends on a thorough understanding of its geographical, historical and political aspects. Without careful, well informed strategic planning, there is a danger that the problem will only be dealt with piecemeal; individual actors may be apprehended, but the organization as a whole will shift and mutate, never losing its criminal character. All too often, arresting only one member or branch of a criminal organization not only fails to weaken this sector, but can unwittingly strengthen it by assisting the activities of criminal competitors. This book presents the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop: The Role of Transnational Criminal Organisations in the Management of Illegal Immigration, Human Smuggling and Trafficking in Europe, hosted by the Bulgarian Academy of Science with the aim of improving diagnosis; pooling knowledge and building a more effective strategy on the information exchanged. In this way, currently uncoordinated individual efforts, aimed at combating organized crime and human trafficking at both a national and international level, can gain momentum and be taken forward. The diverse background and geographical perspective of the authors whose work appears here throws new light on this little-studied area, and makes this book of great interest to all those involved in the trans-national struggle to identify and prevent the proliferation of the organised criminal networks"-publisher website

Human trafficking --- Smuggling --- Noncitizens --- Illegal immigration.

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Meet the economic gangster. He's the United Nations diplomat who double-parks his Mercedes on New York City streets at rush hour because the cops can't touch him--he has diplomatic immunity. He's the Chinese smuggler who dodges tariffs by magically transforming frozen chickens into frozen turkeys. The dictator, the warlord, the unscrupulous bureaucrat who bilks the developing world of billions in aid. The calculating crook who views stealing and murder as just another part of his business strategy. And, in the wrong set of circumstances, he might just be you. In Economic Gangsters, Raymond Fisman and Edward Miguel take readers into the secretive, chaotic, and brutal worlds inhabited by these lawless and violent thugs. Join these two sleuthing economists as they follow the foreign aid money trail into the grasping hands of corrupt governments and shady underworld characters. Spend time with ingenious black marketeers as they game the international system. Follow the steep rise and fall of stock prices of companies with unseemly connections to Indonesia's former dictator. See for yourself what rainfall has to do with witch killings in Tanzania--and more. Fisman and Miguel use economics to get inside the heads of these "gangsters," and propose solutions that can make a difference to the world's poor--including cash infusions to defuse violence in times of drought, and steering the World Bank away from aid programs most susceptible to corruption. In a new postscript, the authors look at how economists might use new tools to better understand, and fight back against, corruption and violence in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Take an entertaining walk on the dark side of global economic development with Economic Gangsters.

Corruption --- Political corruption --- Smuggling. --- Economic aspects.