New Research Estimates Up to 135,000 Guns Flow Illegally from U.S. to Mexico Each Year
Kroc School Professor Publishes New Findings on U.S.–Mexico Firearms Trafficking
The Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego is pleased to announce two new publications by Professor Topher McDougal and Sean Campbell in The Economics of Peace and Security Journal. Together, these articles provide new empirical insight into the scale and dynamics of U.S.–Mexico firearms trafficking, estimating annual flows of up to 135,000 weapons and identifying how targeted regulatory enforcement can reduce diversion into illicit markets. The studies underscore the importance of upstream interventions in legal markets and contribute to a growing body of research and teaching at Kroc focused on trafficking, migration, and organized crime, an emerging interdisciplinary cluster aimed at developing innovative tools for analyzing transnational illicit economies. Read each article at the links below:
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