Category archives for: Prevention

Colombia and Peru team up against organized crime

The Americas Post - This bridge is covered, but what about the other 1,600 kilometers?

Colombia and Peru have agreed upon a plan to combat criminal organizations on their common border, the defense ministers of the two countries announced to the press after a Wednesday meeting in Bogota. “Colombia and Peru have decided to aggressively confront organized crime which respects no borders, such as drug trafficking and illegal logging and [...]

Top Sinaloa cartel lieutenant killed in raid

The Americas Post - These were the lucky Sinaloa Cartel members who were taken alive

Mexican security forces killed a top aide to the country’s most wanted drug trafficker in a raid in a mountainous area of northern Mexico, defense officials said Monday. Luis Alberto Cabrera Sarabia, alias “The Architect,” was killed Friday during an air and ground operation in Canatlan, Durango state. The action began with a firefight at [...]

Mexican helicopters hit at least 28 times so far in drug war

The Americas Post - As pilots say, any landing you can walk away from is a good one.

  According to official figures released by the Mexican government this week, helicopters belonging to that nation’s police and military have been subjected to a minimum of 28 gunfire attacks in the five years since the government launched its campaign against drug cartels. The attacks demonstrate the increasing firepower of Mexican drug gangs, but may [...]

Peruvian anti-narcotics chief fired

The Americas Post - Ricardo Soberon won't call the shots in Peru's drug war any more.  Photo Credit:  ANDINA

  Peru’s government on Tuesday replaced top anti-narcotics official Ricardo Soberon after just five months in office, for his refusal to support coca crop eradication efforts.   Soberon caused provoked controversy in August by temporarily halting  elimination of Peru’s coca crop, the world’s second largest after Colombia’s. That move prompted complaints from U.S. Ambassador Rose [...]

Starting in December, U.S. Customs wants to simplify air cargo screening.

Under a new pilot program, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) the entry process for air cargo  is designed to reduce the number of customs holds that delay air cargo and help give shippers a better idea of when they can take possession of their goods Already starting in December, importers or brokers of air [...]

Study shows Social networking and teen substance abuse are related.

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University in the U.S. found that teens who spend time on the networks are likely to see images of their peers drinking or using drugs — images that could help to convince them that substance abuse is a normal, acceptable activity. “We’re not saying (social [...]

Peru: President Humala announced suspension of regional coca eradication program

WASHINGTON — Peru’s new government has assured Washington it would continue close collaboration on counter-drug efforts despite suspending a coca eradication program, the State Department said Tuesday. The government of Peru’s President Ollanta Humala announced Wednesday it was temporarily suspending a coca eradication program in the Upper Huallaga Valley in the east central part of [...]

UK Security against Riots and Looting: Social Policies, integration of police with society and Zero tolerance will be the mix in England.

After the riots in England, a U.S. street crime expert has been hired by the Cameron government. Prime Minister David Cameron (Conservative Party) has taken a hard line on rioting in statements this week after returning from his summer holiday and recalling parliament. He has also come under attack for austerity measures his government is [...]

Venezuela fights cocaine production and trafficking near colombian border.

Venezuelan authorities this year have destroyed 17 drug processing laboratories in the border with Colombia that had the capacity to produce three tons of cocaine a month, said on Wednesday the venezuelan Minister of the Interior, Tarek El Aissami  to reporters during a tour of the town of La Fria, Tachira in the state, bordering [...]

U.S. TSA with new israeli interrogation techniques of airport security.

Boston’s Logan International Airport will be the testing ground of a  new technology of airport security, aimed at screening passenger behavior. The test will start next Tuesdat. During the new development, officers of the TSA Transportation Security Administration working at the Logan Airport will train screeners on having more conversations with passengers at the security [...]

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