An attempt by a Russian spy posing as a Brazilian to infiltrate the International Criminal Court (ICC), which investigates Russian war crimes, has drawn attention to a scheme dating back to the Cold War era and the Kremlin’s use of spies in various regions of the world. The Dutch Intelligence [ … ]
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China’s Digital Advance in Latin America
This article has been initially published in the Revista Seguridad y Poder Terrestre (Vol. 1 N.º 1 [2022]: July – September) of the Peruvian Army Center for Strategic Studies (CEEEP)https://ceeep.mil.pe/2022/06/30/chinas-digital-advance-in-latin-america/?lang=enDOI: https://doi.org/10.56221/spt.v1i1.5 Abstract This work examines activities by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and its companies in digital technologies and associated economic sectors in Latin America, [ … ]
Panama and Colombia Seize More Than 6 Tons of Cocaine
The Panamanian National Air and Naval Service (SENAN) and the Colombian Navy seized 6.1 tons of cocaine hydrochloride in the Caribbean Sea during two operations, the Colombian Navy said May 2. The first operation, which brought together the combined naval and surface capabilities of the Colombian Navy and Panama’s SENAN, [ … ]
Brazilian Police Dismantles 2 Major International Narcotrafficking Gangs
In April, Brazilian security forces dismantled two major international narcotrafficking gangs, continuing to deal a heavy blow to transnational crime. As a result of these actions, authorities arrested 66 criminals, among them high-ranking members of the criminal organizations. The Rio Grande do Sul Civil Police carried out Operation Kraken to [ … ]
William J. Perry Center Turns 25, Brings Back In-Person Graduations
The William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies turns 25 this year, and there’s nothing better to celebrate its silver anniversary than to bring back something cherished by all: in-person graduation ceremonies. Following two years of virtual programming due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Perry Center conducted the first 2022 [ … ]
Brazilian Air Force Female Aviator, Pioneer Air Operations Officer
Major Fernanda Kozlowski Görtz is a pioneer in the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). She graduated in 2006 from the first class of women at the Brazilian Air Force Academy (AFA) and is the first woman chief of Operations of the Special Flight Inspection Group (GEIV), a position she holds since [ … ]
Colombia as a Case Study for US Foreign Policy A Strategic Policy Proposal for the United States of America
Creating and Maintaining non-Binary Strategic Foreign Policy The foreign policy of the United States of America is in danger of failing to innovate to meet the challenges of a developing, changing, and increasingly competitive world. The growing threat to developing tailored strategic foreign policy has grown from the academic channelization [ … ]
Colombia Strengthens Fight Against Narcotrafficking-Driven Environmental Devastation
The U.S. and Spanish governments are supporting Colombia’s efforts to curb deforestation and environmental crimes driven by narcotrafficking and organized crime. As such, the Spanish Interior Ministry and the Colombian Ministry of Defense agreed February 17, 2022 to strengthen their collaboration against these crimes, the Spanish government said in a [ … ]
12 FARC Dissidents Captured in Spain
Colombian and Spanish authorities captured 12 individuals accused of receiving cocaine shipments in Europe during a military operation carried out in early February 2022. The detainees — six Colombians, four Spaniards, a Belgian, and a Moroccan — are alleged members of the criminal group Jaime Martínez Structure, a dissident faction [ … ]
Brazil, Paraguay Dismantle Drug Money Laundering Network
On February 3, 2022, the Brazilian Federal Police (PF, in Portuguese) and the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Spanish) carried out Operation Capital Flow to dismantle a drug money laundering scheme. The criminal network was making million-dollar transactions with the use of strawmen, accountants, and front companies. “[In Brazil], [ … ]
Panama, with US Support, Seizes More Than 3 tons of Cocaine
The Panamanian National Air and Naval Service (SENAN, in Spanish), as part of operations Genesis and Caribe, seized 2,560 kilograms of cocaine from a speedboat with six Colombian nationals on board, north of Isla Grande, in the province of Colón, the institution reported January 28, 2022. “In the operation, supported [ … ]
Paraguay: SENAD Arrests 3 Members of the PCC Involved in Drug and Arms Trafficking
On January 19, 2022, the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) arrested three members of the Brazilian criminal organization First Capital Command (PCC, in Portuguese) on a rural property in Paraguay near the border region with Brazil. Agents of the SENAD’s Strategic Intelligence Department made the arrests in cooperation with the [ … ]