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Security in the Caribbean and Latin America
February 09 by Defence IQ PressExplore this graphic-based overview of the current spectrum of security threats in the Caribbean and Latin America, including statistics on IUU fishing, organised crime, cyber crime, threats to touris...
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...
South America and Caribbean Defence & Security: In Numbers [Infographic]
February 08 by Richard de SilvaCABSEC 16 will be taking place in Colombia in 2016, bringing the South American, Caribbean and international security decision-makers together in one place to tackle discuss the countering of mutual t...
Transnational threats and violent social movements in the Caribbean
November 27 by Candyce KelshallThis article first appeared in BUCSIS. ISIL has recruits from over 100 countries. Large numbers from Belgium and France but proportionately it also has a significant number from the Caribbean &nda...
On the Throes of Transition: Terrorism – Analysis, Assessment and Action
March 09 by Defence IQ DigitalThis forum, themed "On the Throes of Transition," will consist of a series of Occasional Papers on the topic of terrorism and promises to serve as a medium of exchange among defense planners, policy...
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...
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...
Combating transnational organised crime fuelled by escalating instability across Africa
February 26 by Andrew ElwellAfrica’s steady creep towards being the global hub for transnational organised crime and violent terrorism is becoming one of this decade’s key security concerns for international actors...
Pablo Escobar’s son, Sebastian Marroquin to address CABSEC 14 Summit
February 25 by Defence IQ PressLondon, 25th January, 2014 - With only two weeks left until the senior speaking faculty at CABSEC 2014 convenes, the Defence IQ team has added an unprecedented surprise to the programme by confirmin...
Royal Navy ship assists in Caribbean drugs bust
February 24 by Defence IQRFA Wave Knight and the US Coast Guard worked together to seize cocaine in the Caribbean with an estimated wholesale value of £8.5 million in what was Wave Knight’s second successful cou...
Seizing assets to attack organised crime in the Caribbean
January 29 by Nicola SuterBy Nicola Suter, Financial Crimes Advisor, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy, Barbados. Serious organised crime is a global problem. It is all too obviou...
How to counter the cartels: Confronting the Western Hemisphere security challenge
January 29 by Richard de SilvaSecretary Blackwell shakes hands with the leader of the Mara Salvatrucha gang in El Salvador, Jan 2013 (Photo: AFP/Jose Cabezas) As leading thinkers, academics, policy makers and senior securit...