In the state of Paraná, authorities are using international funding to launch a broad security project known as “Paraná Seguro.” The ambitious program provides training for police officers and sports programs, cultural activities, and job training for teenagers, to divert them from street crime and gangs.
Los Monos and other Argentinian gangs are waging violent battles for control of drug trafficking routes in Rosario.
Nicaraguan gangs known as “tumbadores” are robbing drug shipments from drug traffickers on the eastern and western coasts.
For 20 years, the radio show “Voices of Kidnapping” has been using the airwaves to send messages of hope to kidnapping victims and their loved ones.
On April 5, 2014, about 2,000 soldiers raided the Rio de Janeiro shantytown of Mare using helicopters and armored personnel carriers.
Police from Ecuador and Mexico recently cooperated in a training seminar which focused on how to investigate cases involving missing persons, such as kidnapping victims.
Latin American drug trafficking groups are also laundering millions of dollars in profits in Middle Eastern countries
USNS Spearhead will assist in security cooperation activities, maritime security, counter-narcotics trafficking and contingency operations, which include humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
From January to the end of September 2013, Haitian National Police (HNP) agents arrested 15 kidnapping suspects, according to published reports. From October through the end of December, police captured 72 kidnapping suspects, a five-fold increase.
CENTSEC 2014 marked the first time the annual meeting of regional defense and public safety leaders focused on a single, multinational operation.
Government successes in the VRAEM region follow earlier successful government counter-insurgency efforts against Shining Path in other parts of the country.
Dominican Republic to give Haitian officials access to several of its counter-narcotics initiatives.
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