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Organized Crime and National Security in Spain: Challenges and Responses book cover

1st Edition

Organized Crime and National Security in Spain Challenges and Responses

Edited By Andrés de Castro Copyright 2026
264 Pages 51 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book offers an analysis of how organized crime operates in Spain and the security apparatus designed to contain it. Organized crime is currently one of the most serious security threats facing democratic societies. Despite its intense presence and the responses that states have articulated in recent decades, little attention has been paid to the measurement of the effectiveness of the... Read more

Introduction: Organized crime in the European Union, José Miguel Bravo  Chapter 1: Organised crime in Spain: determining factors, characteristics and response, Óscar Jaime and Andrés de Castro  Chapter 2: Analysis of the Spanish model against OC: current challenges and recommendations, Óscar Jaime, Andrés de Castro, and Francisco Blázquez  Chapter 3: Description and analysis of OC trends in Spain: a quantitative perspective, José-Ignacio Antón, Andrés de Castro, and Óscar Jaime  Chapter 4: Description and analysis of organised crime trends in Spain: a qualitative perspective, Sara Tato-Varela and Andrés de Castro  Chapter 5: Cross-border OC in Spain: the role of international cooperation, Juan Francisco Romero Quesada and Andrés de Castro  Chapter 6: Guardia Civil’s Operation Carteia: Unraveling The Drug Trafficking Networks In Southern Spain, Clara Bañares Martín and Rodrigo Gaona Prieto  Chapter 7: Quid custodes custodem? Disclosure of classified information by police officers to Organized Crime Groups: legal framework, judicial decisions and security implications, Verónica Guillén and Andrés de Castro  Conclusions, Andrés de Castro

 

Biography

Andrés de Castro is an Associate Professor in International Relations/International Security at UNED University, Madrid, Spain.

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