Posts Tagged ‘Latin America’
Trilateral Authoritarian Alliance and The People’s Republic China
New ICAIE Report for FIU: Trilateral Authoritarian Alliance and The People’s Republic China (Winter/January 2025) Authors: Doug Farah, Senior Advisor and Director for Latin America Programs, International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE) Description: Over the past decade an alliance of authoritarian regimes has systematically built an interlocking series of echo chambers and media amplification nodes across Latin…
Read MoreCorruption and Money Laundering: The Risks of Chinese Financial Operations in Latin America
ICAIE VP and Senior Advisor John Cassara is quoted in a newly released article by Maria Zuppello, Dialogo Americas: Corruption and Money Laundering: The Risks of Chinese Financial Operations in Latin America: In a recent documentary, Dirty Money, Cartels, and Underground Banks, British daily Financial Times highlighted the exponential growth of Chinese money laundering operations worldwide, including in Latin…
Read MoreFentanyl and criminal networks: the other threats to the Chancay megaport
ICAIE colleagues and senior advisors, Douglas Farah and Pablo Zeballos, interviewed for their pathfinding research on fentanyl and criminal networks: the other threats to the Chancay megaport as covered in the recent ICAIE Chancay (Peru) Report and extensive media coverage including this week in BioBioChile (see below). The inauguration of the new megaport of Chancay…
Read MorePreliminary ICAIE Report: UNDERSTANDING THE STRATEGIC CHALLENGES OF THE PORT OF CHANCAY (PERU) IN THE REGIONAL CONTEXT
Washington, DC / ICAIE News (Press Release) / November 22, 2024: The International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE) announces the publication of a new Preliminary Report, entitled,”Understanding The Strategic Challenges of the Port of Chancay (Peru) in the Region Context” in the Americas, co authored by ICAIE Advisors Douglas Farah, Pablo Zeballos, IBI Consultants. Executive…
Read MoreHow Russian Surveillance Tech is Reshaping Latin America, Douglas Farah (An ICAIE Report for FIU)
How Russian Surveillance Tech is Reshaping Latin America 27 September 2024 Authors: Doug Farah, Senior Advisor and Director for Latin America Programs, International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE) Description: Over the past decade, Russian-based companies have provided sophisticated surveillance technology to several Latin American countries. These technologies are critical to the survival of the repressive regimes…
Read MoreFourth Transnational Criminal Wave: New Extra Regional Actors and Shifting Markets Transform Latin America’s Illicit Economies and Transnational Organized Crime Alliances
Find our NEW ICAIE Research Report by our Senior Advisor, Douglas Farah, published by Florida International University, Summer, 19 June 2024. Transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) in Latin America are undergoing significant transformations, driven by new alliances with extra-regional actors and supported by ideologically flexible authoritarian governments. These changes pose serious threats to democratic governance, the…
Read MoreICAIE Keynote Address at The Pentagon: Getting Ahead of the Game in a new Multi-Polar World across Today’s Spectrum of Threats, Converging Ecosystems of Criminality, and Hybrid (Irregular) Warfare
On May 8, 2024 ICAIE Executive Director, David M. Luna gave a keynote address at The Pentagon as part of the POM review and conference of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on countering drug trafficking, illicit threat networks, and threat convergence vectors. The program was chaired by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for…
Read MoreICAIE New Report on How Iran’s Threat and Illicit Networks Finance Chaos and Malign Influence to Destabilize U.S. Interests in the Americas and Globally
WASHINGTON, February 12, 2024 – Today, the International Coalition Against Illicit Economies (ICAIE), a national security non-governmental organization based in Washington, DC, released a new report entitled, “How Iran’s Threat and Illicit Networks Finance Chaos and Malign Influence to Destabilize U.S. Interests in the Americas and Globally“, co-authored by Douglas Farah and David M. Luna. The New ICAIE policy brief…
Read MoreICAIE Senior Advisor Doug Farah’s new USIP Research on Russian Influence Campaign in Latin America
Using disinformation, economic coercion, and covert and overt political action, Moscow has sowed anti-US sentiment and weakened democratic institutions in Latin America—a strategic space critical for Washington—while shaping the behavior of Latin American governments in Russia’s favor. This report examines Russia’s strategic interests, objectives, and tactics in Latin America by exploring its use of media…
Read MoreICAIE Senior Advisor’s Op-Ed in the Miami Herald: Ecuador at Center of Latin America’s slide into Authoritarianism and Violence
Ecuador at the center of Latin America’s slide into authoritarianism and violence Find a new op-ed by ICAIE Senior Advisor Doug Farah in the Miami Herald, 21 August 2023. Ecuador will not be the only democratic U.S. ally to become a criminalized state and fall prey to the authoritarian wave crushing the Americas. This is exacerbated…
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