Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the making of illicitness / Itty Abraham and Willem v an Schendel -- Spaces of engagement : how borderlands, illicit flows, a nd territorial states interlock / Willem van Schendel -- The rumor of t rafficking : border controls, illegal migration, and the sovereignty of the nation-state / Diana Wong -- Talking like a state : drugs, borders , and the language of control / Paul Gootenberg -- "Here, even legislat ors chew them" : coca leaves and identity politics in northern Argentin a / Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui -- Seeing the state like a migrant : why s o many non-criminals break immigration laws / David Kyle and Christina A. Siracusa -- Criminality and the global diamond trade : a methodologi cal case study / Ian Smillie -- Small arms, cattle raiding, and borderl ands : the Ilemi triangle / Kenneth I. Simala and Maurice Amutabi.