06/10/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Ier Informe del observatorio en Venezuela
Visibilizando lo que hay detrás de la criminalidad
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28/08/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Tracing the Military Fingerprints on Guatemala's Customs Scandal
An investigation into the customs fraud network known as "La Linea" has implicated Guatemala President Otto Perez Molina and led to the arrest of former Vice President Roxana Baldetti. But corruption within the country's customs offices stretches as far back as the 1970s.
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09/03/2015 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
UN Drug Control Board Scolds Reform in Latin America
In its most recent report, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) -- responsible for overseeing the implementation of the United Nation’s drug conventions -- finds itself in a bind: the Board remains adamant that these conventions be enforced, yet a wave of drug policy reform across the Americas speaks to increased resistance to the status quo.
The INCB's annual reports are meant to "identify and predict dangerous trends" when it comes to drug control. This year, when it comes to Latin America, five trends in particular stand out, although some are arguably more "dangerous" than others.
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15/08/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Has Rio’s ‘Pacification’ Simply Pushed Crime to the City Limits?
Officials in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area are increasingly complaining that the so-called "pacification" of favelas is displacing violence to the city's periphery. The hard evidence for this claim, however, is scarce.
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18/05/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Have the Maras Planted a 'Trojan Horse' Among El Salvador's Security Forces?
Gangs in El Salvador seem to be replicating the mythical military tactic known as the Trojan Horse. In Homer's epic poem The Odyssey, he told the story of how the Greek Achilles faked the retreat of his army and left a wooden horse filled with soldiers at the gates of Troy.
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10/11/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Peru's Cocaine Air Bridge
Peru is a mega-producer of cocaine. Alongside Colombia (with Bolivia a distant third), it exports a large percentage of the cocaine the world consumes. What has passed unnoticed during this growth are the swift changes in how the cocaine is moved.
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09/02/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Arrest of Colombian Capo in Peru Could Swing Battle for Medellin
The arrest in Peru of a boss of Colombia’s biggest criminal network, the Urabeños, not only has transnational implications, but may affect the battle for control of Medellin, the jewel in Colombia's criminal crown.
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09/05/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Rastrojos
The Rastrojos is an outgrowth of the powerful Norte del Valle drug trafficking organization in Colombia with a national and international reach. Using what was left of a strong network of assassins, distributors and contacts in the international markets, the group focuses on buying coca from the source, processing it themselves and selling it wholesale for international distribution or shipping it themselves through Central America and Mexico.
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