15/07/2019 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua Gang Muscling into Colombia Border Area
The arrest of members from a major Venezuelan gang, the Tren de Aragua, in the border state of Táchira reveals the expansion of this powerful group into what is already one of the country’s most violent and active criminal areas.
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14/12/2018 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Análisis - Reunión entre ELN y disidencias de las FARC confirma que utilizan Venezuela como enclave criminal
Una reciente reunión en Venezuela entre líderes de grupos irregulares de Colombia podría significar el fortalecimiento de las actividades del crimen organizado en este país, donde estas estructuras criminales han encontrado facilidades para operar y evadir las presiones del gobierno colombiano.
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02/12/2018 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
El Estado venezolano, la primera estructura mafiosa que enfrentan los migrantes
La descomunal estructura de sobornos y extorsiones que enfrentan los venezolanos para salir legalmente del país ha dejado en evidencia, una vez más, la organización criminal que opera dentro del Estados y se aprovecha de los ciudadanos que intentan desesperadamente emigrar de Venezuela.
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21/11/2018 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Armed Groups Spread Crime and Chaos in Venezuela Mining Region
Three violent events in less than two weeks attributed to pro-government criminal groups in Venezuela’s Bolívar state show how far these groups have expanded and strengthened in a mining zone where they operate.
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09/11/2018 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Venezuela Institutional Weaknesses Facilitate Cocaine Trafficking: Report
A new study from Transparency Venezuela says that the country’s weak criminal justice system, made worse by the government’s cooptation of public institutions, is facilitating the activities of organized crime groups, particularly cocaine trafficking.
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17/10/2018 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia - Ex Farc Mafia: Colombia’s ELN, Ex-FARC Mafia Recruiting Hungry Venezuela Migrants
Reports that criminal groups in Colombia are increasingly recruiting migrants from Venezuela shows how these armed actors are taking advantage of those fleeing the neighboring country’s economic crisis in order to strengthen their criminal structures.
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14/09/2018 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Analysis - Venezuela Migrant Restrictions Could Boost Criminal Networks
New immigration restrictions announced by several countries in Latin America to stem the tide of migrants fleeing Venezuela could further open the door for criminal exploitation of the migrant population.
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26/05/2018 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Venezuela and El Salvador: Exporting Aid and Corruption
José Luis Merino is one of the most powerful figures in El Salvador’s governing political party and played a key role in the founding of ALBA Petróleos, a subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela S.A., whose business network has made many Salvadoran elites wealthy but also has ties to corruption and other crimes.
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20/04/2017 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Dark Times in Venezuela Signal Bright Future for Organized Crime
Whatever happens following "the mother of all protests" in Venezuela on April 19, political uncertainty looks guaranteed and will be embraced by organized crime. Below, InSight Crime looks at some of the potential scenarios in Venezuela's short-term future, and their criminal implications.
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