Posts Tagged ‘Latin America’
ICAIE Signs Cooperation Agreement with the Organizaton of American States (OAS), Department of Transnational Organized Crime
It is an honor for ICAIE to sign a Cooperation Agreement with the Organization of American States (OAS), Department against Transnational Organized Crime (DTOC). On February 2027, Executive Director David M. Luna visited OAS to meet with Director Gastón Schulmeister to discuss concrete ways for ICAIE to partner with OAS-DTOC, pursuant to our new Cooperation…
Read MoreCanada Transnational Organized Crime & Drug Trafficking: Canada’s Role in Expanding Global Illicit Economies
“Money laundering is the biggest illicit market and organized crime threat facing Canada.” — David M. Luna ICAIE Calls on Canada to Safeguard its National Security by Robustly Combating Cross-Border Illicit Economies, Money Laundering, and Strategic Corruption Find below new CGLR and ICAIE Infographic on Canada Transnational Organized Crime & Drug Trafficking: Canada’s Role in…
Read MoreAs U.S. Ramps Up Operations Against Cartels & Criminal Networks, Leveraging Threat Intelligence Critical to Disrupt Money Laundering and Illicit Trade
As I have underscored in numerous events and press interviews this week in Washington DC, as the United States ramps up more robust and targeted law enforcement, intelligence, and security operations against the Mexican cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) causing violent havoc across borders, and pursuant to numerous Presidential executive orders and designations of…
Read MoreThe Growing Ecosystems of Criminality Across South America in a Threat Convergence World. In Focus: Chile and the Southern Cone
“If Chile falls into the clutches of organized crime, South America begins to become a regional haven for a variety of malicious actors and threat networks.” David M. Luna, Executive Director, ICAIE Executive Summary Chile is strategically located in South America, bridging the trans-Pacific economies of Latin America and Asia, and serves as a bridge…
Read MoreTrilateral 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…
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