Cape Town's protection rackets : a study of violence and control

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2014-08

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Institute for Security Studies

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This paper examines protection racketeering in Cape Town, primarily in the central business district (CBD) and on the Cape Flats, two areas in which protection racketeering is evident despite their markedly different socio-economic profiles. Rampant corruption at a high level makes it difficult to remove these entrenched networks of criminality. The CBD has seen the entrenchment of criminal networks established at a time of weakened state authority. While significant security initiatives have been undertaken in the city’s CBD since 1999, protection racketeering still flourishes. This suggests that it is more than a mere reflection of deficiencies in state capacity.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, GOVERNANCE, ORGANIZED CRIME, VIOLENCE, SOUTH AFRICA--CAPE TOWN

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/53175

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Research Results (GSJ) / Résultats de recherches (GSJ)