Transnational Threats
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Brazil: Federal Police Cracks Down on Narcotrafficking
The Brazilian Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese) has increased operations against narcotrafficking in different parts of Brazil in...
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Chile Keeps up the Fight Against Narcotrafficking amid the Pandemic
Although more than 74,000 service members of the Chilean Armed Forces and the Carabineros (Chile’s national police) are...
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Colombian Navy Seizes 43 Metric Tons of Drugs in the Caribbean in 5 Months
The Colombian Navy seized 43 metric tons of drugs in the Caribbean from January to late May, during...
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Campaign Orion V Deals Hard Blow to Narcotrafficking
The international naval campaign Orion V to combat narcotrafficking, carried out in the Pacific, the Atlantic, and the...
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Venezuelan Service Members Rule Gasoline Black Market
On May 18, a commission of Venezuela’s General Military Counterintelligence Directorate (DGCIM, in Spanish) arrested eight service members...
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Venezuela’s Official Virus Data Is ‘Absurd’: HRW and Johns Hopkins
Venezuela’s low case count and death toll from the coronavirus are likely false and could in fact be...
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US Navy – Coast Guard Team: 4 Interdictions in 4 Days
The Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) and the Freedom Variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit (LCS...
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US Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant Interdicts Approximately 3,000 kilograms of Cocaine near Costa Rica
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant (WMEC-617) crew seized a total of 122 bales of cocaine, June 22,...
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US Navy Carries Out Freedom of Navigation Operations
The U.S. Navy routinely conducts Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) throughout the world. FONOPs are operations by U.S....
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US Air Force to Support Counternarcotics Operations in Caribbean
The U.S. Air Force will temporarily deploy four aircraft and crews to Curaçao to support enhanced counternarcotics operations...
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Coast Guard Offloads $5.6 Million in Seized Cocaine
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Donald Horsley (WPC-1117) offloaded approximately 150 kilograms of seized cocaine and...
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Peruvian Navy Determined to End Illegal Mining
In the early morning hours of June 11, on the Madres de Dios River of the department of...
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Colombian Army Deals Blow to Illegal Mining
In mid-May, in a joint operation with the Colombian Navy, Air Force, and the National Police, the Colombian...
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USS Preble Interdicts 2,000 Kilograms of Cocaine
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET)...
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Cyber Criminals Exploit Pandemic to Carry Out Attacks in Latin America
The pandemic is the perfect opportunity for cybercrime groups, which take advantage of the increase in people working...
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Illicit Drug Production Destroys Colombian, Peruvian Ecosystems
Crop cultivation and the chemicals used to produce drugs have a direct impact on the hemisphere’s flora, soils,...
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Colombian Navy Seizes $9 Million Worth of Cocaine
In the early morning hours of May 21, the Colombian Navy seized a large shipment of cocaine off...
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Pompeo Announces Additional $200 Million Aid to Venezuelans
The United States announced a new $200 million aid package for Venezuelans, both inside and outside the country,...
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ELN Dealt Serious Blow as Colombian Security Forces Neutralize High Ranking Leader
Colombia’s relentless assault against narco-terrorist organizations and other guerilla groups continues to pay dividends as the Ministry of...
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Venezuela Turns to Iran to Revive Oil Production
Amid nationwide gasoline shortages that have prompted fuel rationing and protests at gas stations, Venezuela has turned to...
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