Douglas Farah

Oct 16, 2024 | dialogo-americas.com | Douglas Farah

This article was originally published by the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, Florida International University in September 2024. EXECUTIVE SUMMARYOver the past decade, Russian-based companies have provided sophisticated surveillancetechnology to several Latin American countries. These technologies are critical to the survival of the repressive regimes in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, and possibly criminal nonstate actors that weaken democracy and threaten U.S. national security.

Jun 19, 2024 | digitalcommons.fiu.edu | Douglas Farah

Download Download Full Text (4.3 MB) Download Baixar em Portugues (3.8 MB) Download Descargar en Español (3.8 MB)Florida International University Farah, Douglas, "Fourth Transnational Criminal Wave: New Extra Regional Actors and Shifting Markets Transform Latin America’s Illicit Economies and Transnational Organized Crime Alliances" (2024). Research Publications. 64. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/jgi_research/64

Nov 29, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Douglas Farah |Dana Priest

Mexican Drug Force Is U.S.-BredBy Douglas Farah and Dana PriestWashington Post Staff WritersThursday, February 26 1998; Page A01The U.S. Army is providing training to Mexican soldiers for the first time in an effort to create an elite counter-narcotics unit that U.S. officials say has become the leading force in Mexico's fight against international drug trafficking.

Aug 21, 2023 | miamiherald.com | Douglas Farah

The unprecedented political violence in historically tranquil Ecuador — including the brazen assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio on Aug. 9 — is a harbinger of rising instability across Latin America, driven by expanding illicit markets protected by ideologically agnostic authoritarian leaders allied with transnational criminal organizations.

Mar 21, 2023 | infobae.com | Douglas Farah

En toda América Latina, las organizaciones criminales trasnacionales que mueven miles de millones de dólares al año en ganancias ilícitas están transfiriendo parte de sus activos financieros a criptomonedas como una forma de evitar la detección y la incautación de activos.