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Carolina Sampó

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Postdoctoral Fellow, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Research Expertise

Organized Crime
Gender
Drug Cartels

Carolina Sampó is the 2022-2023 LACS postdoctoral fellow. Her research focuses on gender, violence, organized crime, and criminal organizations in South and Central America. She is a Researcher at the Argentinean National Scientific and Technical Research Council (Conicet). She also coordinates the Center for Studies on Transnational Organized Crime (CeCOT), International Relations Institute (IRI) University of La Plata (UNLP). Dr. Sampó is an International Consultant working for international institutions such as the OAS, UNODC, and the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime.

Awards & Grants

Women in criminal organizations: the cases of the drug cartels Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG)

Innovative LACS research on the role of women in the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), the largest drug cartel of Brazil, and the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) of Mexico receives LASA grant.

Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Author/Lead: Carolina Sampó
Non-ARHU Contributor(s): Marcos Alan Ferreira & Nicole Jenne
Dates: -
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LASA
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FORD - LASA Fund

Carolina Sampó, the 2022-2023 LACS Postdoctoral Fellow was awarded a research grant by the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). The grant funds Dr. Sampó's research into the role of women in the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) drug cartel of Brazil and the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) of Mexico.

Talk

Seminar on Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime in the Southern Cone: How to approach these phenomena from public policy?

Cocaine trafficking from non-traditional ports: examining the cases of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay

Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Author/Lead: Carolina Sampó
Non-ARHU Contributor(s): Benjamin Lessing & Gustavo Leal
Dates: -
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Vio-Demos, Catholic University of Chile

Carolina Sampó, the 2022-2023 LACS Postdoctoral Fellow, was invited to present her research on crime in Latin America at the seminar organized by the Millennium Institute for Research on Violence and Democracy (Vio-demos) in Santiago, Chile.

Women in OCGs Latin America

The role of women in Latin American Criminal Organizations

Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Author/Lead: Carolina Sampó
Non-ARHU Contributor(s): Gema Kloppe-Santamería, Deborah Bonello, Elaine Carey & Patricia Figueroa
Dates: -

Carolina Sampó, the 2022-2023 LACS Postdoctoral Fellow, was invited to present her research on drug cartels at the Global Iniciative Against Transnational Organized Crime.

Conflict in Brazil: Evolving criminal actors, political linkages, and increased global relevance

The internationalization of Brazil's largest drug cartel, the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC)

Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center

Author/Lead: Carolina Sampó
Non-ARHU Contributor(s): Marcos Alan Ferreira, Ryan Berg, Paula Miraglia & Juan Pablo Medina Bickel
Dates: -

Carolina Sampó, the 2022-2023 LACS Postdoctoral Fellow, was invited to present her research on the global activities of drug cartels at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, UK.