Archive for September 2025
Fighting Illicit Trade and Organized Crime as a Critical Force Multiplier in Chile and the Southern Cone of the Americas: The Urgency of Public-Private Partnerships in Confronting Cross-Border Illicit Vectors
With the nations of Southern Cone of South America facing an unprecedented wave of violence and institutional crises driven by the explosive growth of illicit economies, co-organizers ICAIE, the Organization of American States (OAS), Department Against Transnational Organized Crime (DTOC), and the Camara Nacional de Comercio, Servicios y Turismo de Chile (CNC) led the convening…
Read More“Greed begets criminality; money laundering enables criminals to use their dirty profits to diversify their illicit enterprises, and to finance a greater cycle of greed crimes.” David M. Luna
“Greed begets criminality; money laundering enables criminals to use their dirty profits to diversify their illicit enterprises, and to finance a greater cycle of greed crimes. When criminals make money illicitly, they buy impunity, erode trust in institutions, traffic in violence, exploit the most vulnerable, desecrate human dignity, endanger the planet, and imperil our collective…
Read MoreU.S. Military Counter-NarcoTerrorism Operations in the Americas; Mexican Cartels’ Illegal Gold Trafficking Business; and the Booming Hemispheric Illicit Trade
David M. Luna, ICAIE Executive Director In recent weeks, the U.S. military – through Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) operations – has conducted numerous strikes against two suspected Venezuelan drug vessels in the U.S. Government’s efforts to fight international drug cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) in a campaign to disrupt their violence and the illicit trafficking operations…
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