Abstract

PALMA, Oscar; NOGUERA HIDALGO, Ángela Lucía; HERNANDEZ SANDOVAL, Juan Sebastián  and  AVILA ROBAYO, Daniel Santiago. Maritime drug trafficking networks: an analysis from the complexity and simulation of social systems. Rev. Cient. Gen. José María Córdova [online]. 2023, vol.21, n.43, pp.743-764.  Epub July 01, 2023. ISSN 1900-6586.  https://doi.org/10.21830/19006586.1070.

Maritime drug trafficking operates through constantly evolving decentralized networks composed of armed organizations, small groups and logistics entities. These networks, influenced by the context, are adaptable and drive innovation among their actors. This article proposes to study this phenomenon from complexity theory, which offers tools to analyze this type of systems, and with a methodological approach based on the simulation of social systems. It is proposed to develop a simulation model based on nodes, connections, loadings and patrols. The proposed model, which will be developed and presented in subsequent articles, will provide empirical knowledge to better understand the dynamics of maritime drug trafficking and to be able to anticipate the effects of its intervention, in view of the authorities' decisions regarding this problem.

Keywords : complexity; crime; drug trafficking; maritime traffic; security; social systems.

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