News briefing – Week of 8 May

Cocaine, Colombia, Conflicts, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Newsbriefings, Panama, Security context, Security threats, Trafficking

The government of Guatemala declared a state of emergency in the Ixchiguan and Tajumulco municipalities, at the border of Mexico, which have known a surge in drug-related violence, Guatemala being a transit hub for Mexican and South American drug cartels. Troops will be sent to the two cities to prevent criminal gangs from operating.

News Briefing – Week of 7 March

Cooperation, Corruption, Development, Money laundering, Newsbriefings, Security context, Security threats, Terrorism, Trafficking

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the European Union and International Police (INTERPOL) have jointly launched a Euro 1.3-million programme to fight money laundering. INTERPOL will support investigative capacity building of law enforcement agencies in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Region in the area of financial crimes at national and international…

News Briefing – Week of 1 February

Corruption, Development, Drug policy, Drug war, Money laundering, Newsbriefings, Security context, Terrorism

Nigerian Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has accused a number of prominent Nigerians of “cooling down” the war against corruption that President Muhammadu Buhari has undertaken after his election. Osinbajo declared that, despite the pressure made by some members of the Nigerian elite, the administration will keep focusing on the needs of the masses. The Argentinian…

Analysis of Regional Threats on Money Laundering

Drug policy, Drug war, Money laundering, Production, Security context, Security threats, Terrorism, Trafficking

The XXX GAFILAT Plenary approved the implementation of a regional study of threats on money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) of the member countries of the Financial Action Task Force on Latin America with the financial support of the European Union. The pursued objective is for countries to achieve greater effectiveness in mitigating risks…

News Briefing – Week of 11 January

Cooperation, Development, Drug policy, Impact, Money laundering, Newsbriefings, Security context, Trafficking

The Nigerian civic group called the Civil Society Network against Corruption (CSNAC) submitted a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a reported case of money laundering that would have involved the National Assembly between 2009 and 2015. According to the civil society, several members of the National Assembly repeatedly violated the…

News Briefing – Week of 4 January

Drug war, Legislation, Money laundering, Newsbriefings, Security context, Security threats, Trafficking, UN, Uncategorised

Spanish authorities seized  three tonnes of cocaine  coming from Colombia and arrested 12 alleged traffickers from Spain, Britain and the Netherlands. Seven-hundred kilos of cocaine were hidden in the bottom of a van, while the other 2.3 tonnes were disguised in the form of wooden pallets. According to a statement from the Nigerian National Drug…