Carolina Sampó

Biographic Data

ID1483837
NAMECarolina Sampó
GIVEN NAMESCarolina
FAMILY NAMESampó
SIGNATURESAMPÓ C
AFFILIATIONSUniversidad Nacional de La Plata
ORCID0000-0002-4756-2620
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS39
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Evading Law Enforcement in the Americas

    Open AccessCarolina Sampó, Valeska Tamara Troncoso Zúñiga et al.ARTICLETrends in Organized Crime2026

  • The role of the Paraná-Paraguay waterway in transnational cocaine trafficking

    Open AccessCarolina Sampó, Valeska Tamara Troncoso ZúñigaARTICLERevista Criminalidad2025

    This article presents the findings of a qualitative study on the role of the Paraná-Paraguay waterway in the transnational trafficking of cocaine from South America to Europe. The aim is to explain why this fluvial corridor has become a strategic route for criminal organisations. The central hypothesis suggests that the interaction of geographical, logistical, and institutional factors —alongside the limited capacity of state control— enables cri…

  • El tren de Aragua

    Open AccessCarolina Sampó, Valeska Tamara Troncoso Zúñiga et al.ARTICLEAnálisis Político2024Cited by: 2References: 19

    Este artículo presenta los hallazgos de un estudio cualitativo exploratorio cuyo objetivo es explicar el proceso de transnacionalización del Tren de Aragua. Para ello, se analizan el tipo de estructura criminal, las principales actividades ilícitas que desarrolla y la gobernanza criminal que ejerce en Venezuela. Argumentamos que el proceso de transnacionalización fue impulsado principalmente por tres factores: (1) la forma de transnacionalización…

  • Cocaine trafficking from non-traditional ports

    Open AccessCarolina Sampó, Valeska Tamara Troncoso Zúñiga et al.ARTICLETrends in Organized Crime2023

  • The case of migrant women from the Central American Northern Triangle

    Open AccessConcepción Anguita Olmedo, Carolina SampóARTICLERevista Brasileira de Política…2021Cited by: 1References: 3

    Violence and inequalities suffered by Central American women force their migration. Once the process has begun, they are exposed to greater violence because they are migrants, poor, indigenous or mestizo, women and, sometimes, minors. The journey is the space in which Central Americans, particularly women, are exposed to violence perpetrated by criminal organizations. Orderly and regular mobility would protect them from the dangers to which they …

  • The politics of drug violence

    Carolina SampóARTICLEInternational Affairs2018Cited by: 36

    The politics of drug violence is an important contribution not only to International Relations but also to the field of security studies. In her book, Angélica Durán-Martinez challenges an idea that is often prominent in work on drug violence, namely that drug markets are inherently violent. In order to do this, she initially details which variables she has chosen to examine, why these were chosen and how they fit together to create her theory on…

  • El rol de las mujeres en las maras

    Open AccessCarolina SampóARTICLESi Somos Americanos2017

    Las maras centroamericanas son fácilmente asociadas con jóvenes hombres tatuados perpetrando actos de violencia. Sin embargo, y a pesar de su falta de visibilización, existe un número creciente de mujeres dentro de las maras. El presente trabajo se propone analizar el papel de las mujeres en este tipo de organización, considerando el escenario de violencia estructural que afecta a los países del Triángulo Norte de América Central (Guatemala, El S…