28/05/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Sinaloa Cartel's Argentina Operation and the Police
Three Argentina police officers arrested for their part in a cocaine trafficking ring linked to the Sinaloa Cartel were involved in a wide range of serious crimes, highlighting how corrupt law enforcement facilitates organized crime throughout the region and also has its own operations.
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25/05/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Unaccompanied Child Migrants and the Central America Exodus
The United States is seeing a flood of migrants -- many of them unaccompanied children -- from Central America, despite economic conditions leading to lower migration in the region as a whole. Could insecurity and organized crime be behind this Northern Triangle exodus?
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10/03/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Are Bolivia Drug Trafficking Clans Migrating South?
Authorities in Bolivia claim effective policing has displaced local drug trafficking organizations from the north to the south of the country, which, if accurate, is a change more likely driven by market dynamics than security forces pressure.
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09/01/2014 | Transparencia
Why Is Latin America So Corrupt?
The annual release of the global Corruption Perceptions Index is rarely good news for Latin America. Except for a handful of standout nations, the region consistently performs poorly, with all but six mainland Latin American countries appearing in the bottom half of the table this year. But what do the 18 years of the index tell us about the state of corruption in Latin America?
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28/12/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Guerra a las drogas: El cuello de botella: La DEA ataca a ¨El Chapo¨ en Chicago.
Con Chicago luchando con una epidemia de heroína, las autoridades de Estados Unidos han centrado sus esfuerzos en atacar la conexión de las bandas callejeras, que controlan las ventas, con sus proveedores de México del Cartel de Sinaloa. El único problema: es la parte más difícil de identificar en esta cadena.
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28/12/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
The Choke Point: The DEA Attacks 'El Chapo' in Chicago
While Chicago battles a heroin epidemic, US law enforcement has focused its efforts on attacking the link between the street gangs running sales and their Mexican suppliers in the Sinaloa Cartel. The only problem: it's the most difficult part of the chain to identify.
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19/10/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Brazil - How Brazil World Cup May Boost Smaller Criminal Groups
Authorities in Brazil are concentrating public security on high-profile organized crime groups and in World Cup 2014 host states, providing an opportunity for lesser known criminal groups to expand in peripheral regions, according to a new report from Southern Pulse.
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18/10/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
How Brazil World Cup May Boost Smaller Criminal Groups
Authorities in Brazil are concentrating public security on high-profile organized crime groups and in World Cup 2014 host states, providing an opportunity for lesser known criminal groups to expand in peripheral regions, according to a new report from Southern Pulse.
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07/10/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
DEA 'tiene pruebas' de vínculos de presidente de Surinam con capo de la droga
Al parecer, la DEA ha encontrado "pruebas contundentes" de las conexiones entre el presidente de Surinam y un narcotraficante convicto de alto perfil, en lo que sería la primera evidencia concreta contra un líder del cual se ha sospechado por mucho tiempo de tener vínculos con el crimen organizado.
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05/10/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Report Shows Growing Importance of European Cocaine Market
A new study from the EU and Ameripol has highlighted evolutions in the global drug trade sparked by growth in the European cocaine market, and bolstered calls among Latin American leaders for a debate over drug policy.
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03/10/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
DEA 'tiene pruebas' de vínculos de presidente de Surinam con capo de la droga
Al parecer, la DEA ha encontrado "pruebas contundentes" de las conexiones entre el presidente de Surinam y un narcotraficante convicto de alto perfil, en lo que sería la primera evidencia concreta contra un líder del cual se ha sospechado por mucho tiempo de tener vínculos con el crimen organizado.
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03/10/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Arrestos en Perú revelan vínculos de Sendero Luminoso con el narcotráfico
Los narcotraficantes detenidos en Perú han arrojado luz sobre cómo Sendero Luminoso obtiene sus ganancias del tráfico de drogas, resaltando la diferencia entre el grupo guerrillero peruano y otras guerrillas de Latinoamérica que participan en el narcotráfico, como las FARC en Colombia.
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30/08/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
LatAm Drug Traffickers Set Up in Guinea-Bissau, Expand in Africa
A recent study has shed light on the links between Latin American organized crime and West Africa, showing how drug trafficking has corrupted the state of Guinea-Bissau and is now spreading through the region.
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20/08/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico Organized Crime Controls Mining in Five States
Criminal organizations now control the right to mine in at least five Mexico states, according to those working in the sector, in another example of illegal groups expanding into resource exploitation in areas where state presence is weak.
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17/08/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Mexico - Arrest of Mexico Self-Defense Leader Reveals Selfish Motives of Group
Mexico security forces arrested the leader of a self-defense militia, amid allegations the group was established to claim royalties from a local mining concession, prompting more debate on the real motivation behind some of the country’s vigilante groups.
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