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Paradise Regained: Why Defense and Security Companies are Finding New Business in the Caribbean Sea
February 09 by Richard de SilvaIn spite of progress, security efforts in the Caribbean and South America are far from won. Indeed, the nexus between transnational organized crime and extremist organizations continues to pose a gl...
Onsite report from CABSEC 14 in Barbados: Securing the Caribbean Basin against criminal elements
February 20 by Defence IQ PressCABSEC 14, the conference promoting information exchange, capacity building and regional cooperation in the Caribbean Basin. The conference was organised to encourage cooperation in the region. It...
Why countering the drug trade in the Caribbean is in the US national interest
May 27 by Serena Joseph-Harris"As traffickers constantly reorder their routes and methods, the United States and other donors continue to believe that countering the drug trade in the Caribbean is in our national interest as wel...
Part II: How a joined-up approach can tackle the global drug and organised crime problem
May 13 by Defence IQ DigitalTrans-regional initiatives require coherence and complementarity in terms of their framework and design if they are to prove themselves effective and attain their set targets. Part II of this series...
Part III: How a joined-up approach can tackle the global drug and organised crime problem
May 13 by Defence IQ DigitalPart III of this series clenches the case for strategic long-term approaches to surveillance that are likely to curtail otherwise dangerous and costly covert activity and the rarified levels of offi...
Part IV: How a joined-up approach can tackle the global drug and organised crime problem
May 13 by Defence IQ DigitalU.S. Authorities ably backed by a forward presence of willing partners, among whom are British, Canadian, Dutch, French, Latin American and Caribbean deployments, have been responsible for a chain o...
Colombia buys hovercrafts to tackle drug trafficking
May 08 by Defence IQ PressColombian armed forces are hoping the first deliveries of their new Griffon 2000 hovercrafts will be a "game-changer" in the fight against organised crime and drug traffickers in the rivers of Putum...
Part I: How a joined-up approach can tackle the global drug and organised crime problem
April 22 by Defence IQ DigitalThe fight against the world drug problem is a joint and shared responsibility that must be assumed in a coordinated manner with respect to every link in the drug chain: demand, production, trafficki...
2 killed in Colombian FARC attack
April 08 by Defence IQ PressAmid ongoing peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC rebel group ,two officers were killed last week in a FARC attack in the town of Jambolo in western Colombia, according to polic...
EU invests to fight drug trafficking in Caribbean, combating South American organised crime critical
March 13 by Defence IQ PressOfficial photograph of CABSEC 14 speakers and sponsors. Photo: Deanzer Roberts (whatsupcaribbean) The EU is providing Euro 2.5 million towards the fight against drug trafficking and internation...