El Súper Facilitador de Irán, TurquÃa y Venezuela: Quién es Alex Saab?
El 12 de junio, Alex Nain Saab Morán, un empresario colombiano de ascendencia libanesa, fue arrestado en el Aeropuerto Internacional AmÃlcar Cabral en Cabo Verde. Este fue un gran golpe para las redes ilÃcitas del rÃ
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Iran, Turkey, and Venezuela’s Super Facilitator: Who is Alex Saab?
On June 12, Alex Nain Saab Morán, a Colombian businessman of Lebanese descent, was arrested at AmÃlcar Cabral International airport in Cape Verde. This was a huge blow to the Maduro regime’s illicit networks, as Saa
Continue readingDispelling myths about the battle for democracy in Bolivia
After years of watching embattled Nicolás Maduro remain in power in Venezuela, many international observers did not expect Evo Morales to resign as president of Bolivia. But after massive electoral fraud, Mor
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La globalización del crimen
 Fellow Dardo López-Dolz writes on the globalization of crime in this piece from El Montonero. He states that Latin America is an attractive place for criminal organizations due to its high levels of corruption, whic
Continue readingNo se reduce el crimen castigando a las vÃctimas
Where do corruption, crime, and impunity meet? (Dónde cruzan la corrupción, el crimen, y la impunidad?) Read Dardo López-Dolz latest article, in Spanish, at El Montonero to find out (Lee el artÃculo de Dardo Lópe
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Suriname: The New Paradigm of a Criminalized State
March 2017 • Issue 3 by Douglas Farah and Kathryn Babineau Paramaribo, Suriname—An isolated country on the Caribbean coast of South America, Suriname, has long been identified as an ideal “transit zoneâ€
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Reconceptualizing Security in the Americas in the 21st Century
SFS Executive Director Joseph Humire was recently published for his chapter in the book Reconceptualizing Security in the Americas in the 21st Century (Lexington Books, 2014). Humire's chapter, Venezuela: Trends in Organ
Continue readingThe Beginning of the End for Venezuela’s Al Capone
An economy crippled by inefficiency and streets flooded with crime have long marred Caracas and the rest of Venezuela. Over the years, corruption has paved the way for organized crime to overrun the Bolivarian Republic,
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