The Peruvian National Police (PNP) has been dealing a forceful and systematic blow to the Tren de Aragua, Venezuela’s most powerful transnational criminal organization, and a threat to security in the region. The criminal group that originated in Venezuela’s Aragua state claims Tocorón prison, in Aragua, as its headquarters, where [ … ]
Peru became the first country in South America to expressly recognize wildlife trafficking as part of a law against organized crime, said Oceana Peru, a branch of the international organization for ocean conservation. “The approval of the November [2022] initiative, which had been under discussion since 2018, is an important [ … ]
On January 11, the Iranian Navy announced plans to expand military operations to the Panama Canal later in the year to strengthen its presence in international waters, state-run The Tehran Times reported. According to experts, the move is a sign that the Islamic country seeks to strengthen ties with its [ … ]
Eight of the 10 companies responsible for nearly 25 percent of known illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing are from China. So says a recent report by the Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC), a global network of civil society, governments, and experts. According to the study, China and its state-owned companies [ … ]
In the midst of bloody disputes between local gangs in cahoots with large international mafias, Ecuador is positioning itself as a hub for cocaine trafficking to the United States and Europe, the Ecuadorian daily El Tiempo reported. “The boom in violence in Ecuador converges with the impact of COVID-19, the [ … ]
The government of El Salvador has activated phase five of its Territorial Control Plan security strategy, called Extraction, deploying police and military forces to surround cities and contain gang activity. “In the first place, we must understand that the extraction phase implies an earlier intelligence phase to go to specific [ … ]
On Jan. 6, U.S. Central Command forces intercepted a stateless dhow in the Gulf of Oman smuggling more than 2,000 AK-47 assault rifles while transiting international waters from Iran to Yemen. The vessel was sailing on a route historically used to traffic weapons to the Houthis in Yemen. A team [ … ]
Peruvian law enforcement agencies are working to monitor, act, and dismantle dissident groups of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), present along the Peruvian border area, Peruvian Navy Admiral Jorge Moscoso Flores, former head of the Peruvian Armed Forces’ Joint Command, told Diálogo on December 18, 2022. In November, [ … ]
The Honduran government has launched the National Integral Plan against Extortion and Related Crimes, declaring a state of emergency and announcing the deployment of security forces to combat crime, extortion, and narcotrafficking carried out by gangs and other criminal organizations. “This measure is necessary and timely to detain crime perpetrators [ … ]
The 184 member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) that participated in the 19th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP19), held in November in Panama, agreed to tighten protection standards for new species of wild fauna and flora [ … ]
Members of the Latin American Association of Training Centers for Peacekeeping Operations (ALCOPAZ) gathered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the 14th Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly. ALCOPAZ was founded in 2008, with more than 20 countries representing regional training centers for peacekeeping missions, under the coordination of the United [ … ]
Colombian Navy units captured alias Amarillo, wanted by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida for extradition on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering, in front of a shopping mall in the city of Medellín, in Antioquia department, the Colombian Military Forces’ General Command (CGFM) said [ … ]
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