Money laundering in Tijuana, Mexico (2000-2020)

Abstract

The article reviews how organized crime is structured in Tijuana, Mexico, and produced a geography of criminal power through the local real estate. Criminals seep illicit money into the real estate sector in its whole, and more specifically to residential and non-residential buildings, concealing the origin of the resource and, at the same time, increasing wealth and criminal means of production. Therefore, this manuscript analyzes some of the characteristics of the properties bought by transnational organized crime members through money laundering. The research-based mix methods through qualitative, quantitative, cartographic, and historical techniques provide a comprehensive analysis of the situation.