The First Capital Command (PCC), one of Brazil and South America’s largest criminal group, teamed up with other major drug gangs to smuggle cocaine to countries in Europe and Africa, strengthening ties to global organized crime, British daily The Economist reported. “Since 2016 there has been a clear expansion plan [ … ]
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Colombian Submarine Put to the Test in International Training
The Colombian Navy’s 209-class submarine ARC Pijao returned to Cartagena in early December after a successful participation in the 2023 Diesel-Electric Submarine Initiative (DESI), an anti-submarine warfare exercise conducted with countries of the region in waters off the east coast of the United States. The DESI initiative, spearheaded by the [ … ]
Ameripol Strengthened Against Transnational Crime
Authorities from several Latin American nations signed the treaty for the constitution of the Police Community of the Americas (Ameripol) in Brasilia, Brazil. This document, known as the Treaty of Brasilia, consolidates the Community as a regional police organization to strengthen cooperation and information exchange between the police and security [ … ]
Brazilian Government Strengthens Fight Against Organized Crime
In early November 2023, the Brazilian government launched a Decree to Guarantee Law and Order (GLO), to reinforce actions to combat organized crime. The plan includes the strengthening and joining of the Federal, Highway, and Criminal Police; and the Armed Forces (Army, Air Force, and Navy), to expand operations at [ … ]
Ecuador and Peru Lead Fight Against IUU Fishing in the Region
Ecuador and Peru are leading the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing that the Chinese fishing fleet carries out year round in Latin America, British newspaper The Economist reported in late 2023. IUU fishing has decimated fish stocks globally over the last decade. The crime ranks as the [ … ]
Colombian Military Forces Deal Heavy Blows to Clan del Golfo
Captures, combats, and seizures of drugs, laboratories, and weapons are some of the successes of the Colombian Military Forces against the organized armed group Clan del Golfo organized armed group. These results have been achieved within the framework of the Ayacucho Joint Strategic Plan, which addresses security problems differentially by [ … ]
Brazil Expels Illegal Miners from Indigenous Lands
Nine months after launching a major operation to dismantle extensive illegal gold mining activities in the Yanomami indigenous lands of the Amazon, the Brazilian government has achieved great success with a reduction of almost 80 percent of the territories affected by the illegal activity, the Brazilian Ministry of Defense said [ … ]
Investigation Lays Out Deep Involvement of Maduro Regime in Drug Trade
The latest transnational journalistic investigation, led by the international investigative journalism organization Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), in partnership with the Latin American Center of Investigative Journalism (CLIP) and various other Latin American organizations, highlights the deep involvement of the Venezuelan regime and its military in the drug [ … ]
US and Chilean Navies Strengthen Interoperability with Naval Exercise
With the aim of increasing interoperability, readiness, and strengthening ties of friendship and cooperation, the navies of the United States and Chile completed a new edition of naval exercise Teamwork South, October 6-12, between the regions of Coquimbo and ValparaÃso, in central Chile. “There is a manifest interest in terms [ … ]
Air Forces of the Americas Meet in Chile
The Chilean Air Force (FACH) hosted the 46th Committee of the System of Cooperation among the American Air Forces (SICOFAA) for the 2023-2024 cycle at the Quinchamalà Club in Santiago, Chile, November 7-9. The international committee brought together representatives of the air forces of 16 countries of the Americas and [ … ]
Colombian Military Forces Activate New Command in the Northwest
In mid-October, the Colombian government inaugurated the creation of the Northwest Joint Command No. 5 (CCON5), tasked with guaranteeing the security, defense, and well-being of communities in the departments of Antioquia, Córdoba, Sucre, BolÃvar, Boyacá, and Chocó. The new military unit composed of more than 30,000 men and women from [ … ]
US Army South Hosts Tradewinds 2024 Scenario Development Conference
Planners from across the region concluded the Tradewinds 2024 (TW24) Scenario Development Conference (SDC) held in San Antonio. Texas, December 5-7. The three-day planning conference included military planners from Barbados, Canada, and the United States, and interagency partners from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), [ … ]