Throughout 2020, the Peruvian Ministry of the Interior’s Commission for the Destruction of Drugs Seized Due to Illicit...

Inhospitable tropical forests with no vehicular access and close to the Atlantic Ocean are the preferred areas for...

Brazil’s National Anti-Drug Fund (FNA, in Portuguese) collected almost $26.5 million by the end of 2020.  In comparison,...

In January 5, 2021, the Colombian National Police, through the Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Interpol (DIJIN, in...

Chile’s Investigations Police (PDI, in Spanish) started operations in 2021 attacking transnational criminal organizations and illicit drug production....

Over the last few years illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has become widely recognized as a national...

The Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Spanish) concluded 2020 continuing its fight against narcotrafficking. Among the most...

During 2020, the Special Project for Control and Reduction of Illegal Crops in Alto Huallaga (CORAH, in Spanish)...

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is expanding its partnerships with countries in Central and South America and the...

On January 20, 2021, the Brazilian Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese) arrested five members of a criminal group...

The Dominican Republic seized 1,763 kilograms of cocaine in four operations from December 1-22, 2020, thanks to the...

Following sustained fighting in Colombia’s southern Bolívar department, the Colombian Army’s First Division neutralized Bercelio Campuzano, alias Ratón,...

The Guatemalan Police arrested in several operations an alleged Guatemalan narcotrafficker and a dangerous Salvadoran gang member wanted...

On November 12, 2020, the Ecuadorean National Police reported carrying out a combined operation with the Colombian Military...

On November 25, 2020, the Colombian Navy presented the results of the sixth phase of the Orion International...

The Colombian Navy ended 2020 continuing its fight against narcotrafficking, and affecting the finances of criminal groups. Among...

The Brazilian Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese) launched Operation White Sand (Operação Areia Branca), on December 2, 2020,...

The Panamanian Air and Naval Service (SENAN, in Spanish) and Panamanian Ministry of Security seized 6.5 tons of...

To evade financial oversight, the First Capital Command (PCC, in Portuguese), Brazil’s main narcotrafficking organization, rents some properties...

The Panamanian Air and Naval Service (SENAN, in Spanish) seized 3,894 kilograms of cocaine in two operations with...