It is a well know channel to sources of information around
the world. It is what we use most in our day-to-day life. It is a tool for the
easy access to contact and information. I’m talking about internet. But,
despite its multiple applications, it is still full with trashy information
that is not worth searching for; however, it can be used by the people for the
people.
People face many problems every day, from the bill we all
have to pay to some hard times we face at work, but there is a problem that is
affecting everyone’s life in the United States, and more specifically, in Latin
countries such as Mexico or Cuba. I’d like to refer to Drug trafficking.
According to Victor Hugo Michel, website
Nuestraaparaterendicion.com journalist, Drug trafficking is a phenomenon that has,
so far, taken the lives of 24.102 people. Those people were in Cartels
(Criminals groups dedicated to commercialize with illegal stuff), and these
groups are often involved in skirmishes with other Cartels, being hitmen
killing members of enemy criminal factions as a result. Such amount of dead people does not
include the figures of the most violent cities in Mexico, such as Guerrero or
Michoacán.
What are authorities doing? Nothing that could qualify as
useful, but the work titled Knowing where
and How Criminal Organizations Operate Using Web Content by the researchers
Viridiana Rios (Mexican) and Michele Coscia (Italian), proves that Internet (Google) can
also be a great tool for investigation and the tracking of criminal
organizations. That report shows the big scale gathering of information, which
being relied only upon the effort of police or authorities wouldn’t be enough;
on the contrary, are people who give information and several online papers re
being used as sources of information too.
Is there any media Coverage? Yes, there is. The work of the
previously mentioned researchers is based on statistics and data collected and
given through internet channels of information.
So, do you think mass media helps? Would you help
organizations with anti-criminal orientation to develop their work?
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