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Guatemala Strengthens Border Security Through Intelligence and Cooperation

Guatemala is reshaping its border security approach, moving from broad-based controls toward a model driven by intelligence, risk management, and interagency coordination. The goal is to anticipate the operations of transnational criminal networks and stop them before they can establish new corridors in the country. The strategy seeks to integrate government capabilities to share information, identify risk patterns, and direct…

Caribbean

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Operation Ultramar: Dominican Republic, US Disrupt Traffickers in the Central Caribbean

From August 15–28, 2026, the Dominican Republic and the United States combined intelligence, surveillance, maritime patrol aircraft, surface vessels, and partner-nation interdiction capabilities during Operation Ultramar, a coordinated counternarcotics effort in the Central Caribbean. The operation demonstrated how the Dominican Republic and the United States, supported by regional and international partners, can apply persistent systemic friction to transnational criminal organizations…

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Academia

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As Brazilian authorities dismantle giant Stolen Smartphones’ Racketeering Scheme, a possible Hezbollah connection emerges

Summary: On September 10, the Office of Public Prosecutions of the Brazilian state of São Paulo launched Operation Frankmobile. The target: a vast criminal network engaged in theft of thousands of mobile phones, extraction of personal information from the devices for the purpose of defrauding their owners, technical alteration of the stolen goods, and their resale as new phones. The…

Special Report

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Colombia, Regional Laboratory for Drone Warfare

In just a few years, Colombian armed groups have transformed commercial drones originally designed for civilian purposes into weapons platforms, moving from surveillance to remote attacks with explosives, extending their operational reach, and challenging security force defenses. The rapid adoption of kamikaze drones, fiber-optic-controlled systems, and coordinated attacks involving multiple aircraft reflects an evolution that has turned Colombia into a…

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