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Defence: Latin America’s options in war on drugs and organised crime

The Brazilian army operating against drug traffickers on the streets (photo:dpa)

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Brazil

Date

11 January 2012

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Dr. Ralph Espach

Dr. Ralph Espach is the director of CNA’s Latin American Affairs program. CNA is a not-for-profit center for policy and operational analysis based in Alexandria, Virginia, in the United States. He has recently directed projects and published papers on criminal ...

Latin American countries face a growing war against organised crime and drugs cartels who feed the United States and European drug markets. Security forces are being placed in the front line but regional rivalry is undermining cross-border cooperation. This special report looks at the issues.

DRUG-trafficking cartels and their associated global network of organised crime pose serious threats to several Latin American countries.

The danger is from both the violence and corruption these gangs and cartels create and also from the risky policy reactions they generate from governments.

Now, partly in d...

Contents

Use of troops
Gross violations
Radical groups
Drugs money
Border disputes
Regional surveillance
Flying UAVs
Regional role
Improved relations
Security partners
Special investigations

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Governments across Latin America are finding their police forces are corrupt, under-trained, underfunded, and backed by equally dysfunctional judicial systems. They are unable to confront violent and well-armed gangs and other criminal groups