Organized Crime and Terrorism: From the Cells Towards Political Communication, A Case Study

Luciana Fernández

Terrorism and Political Violence, 2009, vol. 21, issue 4, 595-616

Abstract: During the first half of 2006 the city of São Paulo suffered three series of violent attacks against the security forces, civilians, and the government. The violent campaign also included a massive rebellion in prisons and culminated in the kidnapping of a journalist and the broadcast of a manifesto from the criminal organization PCC threatening the police and the government. Right after, the main device used to contain organized crime in the prisons was declared unconstitutional. This episode represents a prototypical example of the use of media-focused terrorism by organized crime for projection into the political communication arena.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1080/09546550903153399

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