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Drug Trafficking Analysis Situational CBTA Rustica_english_OKOKOK:Layout 1 5/9/13 15:44 Página 1 «a police point of view» situational analysis drug traffickingof «a police point of view» bolivia, brazil, colombia, ecuador, panama and peru situational analysis of drug trafficking analysis situational ameripol ameripol comunidad de policías de américa comunidad de policías de américa Integration for public security Integration for public security PROJECT FUNDED BY and protection and protection THE EUROPEAN UNION TRIPAS_AMERIPOL_INGLES:Layout 2 5/9/13 15:03 Página 1 situational analysis of drug trafficking. «a police point of view» bolivia, brazil, colombia, ecuador, panama and peru TRIPAS_AMERIPOL_INGLES:Layout 2 5/9/13 15:03 Página 2 TRIPAS_AMERIPOL_INGLES:Layout 2 5/9/13 15:03 Página 3 ameripol comunidad de policías de américa Integration for public security and protection TRIPAS_AMERIPOL_INGLES:Layout 2 5/9/13 15:03 Página 4 TRIPAS_AMERIPOL_INGLES:Layout 2 5/9/13 15:03 Página 5 situational analysis of drug trafficking «a police point of view» bolivia, brazil, colombia, ecuador, panama and peru ameripol comunidad de policías de américa TRIPAS_AMERIPOL_INGLES:Layout 2 5/9/13 15:03 Página 6 Mayor General Rodolfo Palomino López President of AMERIPOL Ambassador - Head of the Delegation for Colombia and Ecuador Tanya María Wilhelmina Josepha Antonia Van Gool Mr Enrique Francisco Galindo Ceballos Executive Secretary of AMERIPOL Lieutenant Colonel Yesid Romanos Linares Deputy for the President of AMERIPOL Ms Zulma Ivonne Villa Nava Deputy for the Executive Secretary of AMERIPOL EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Chief Inspector Pedro Antonio Cruz Gallego Liaison Officer with the Spanish National Police Force (CNP) in AMERIPOL Chief Inspector Marcos Alvar Bestilleiro European Union Project Coordinator – AMERIPOL Police Agent Ionaldo Carlos Gonçalves Silva Liaison Officer with the Federal Police of Brazil in AMERIPOL Patroller Carlos Antonio González Patiño Head of the AMERIPOL Planning Office Patroller Dayana Luz Manotas Palencia Head of the AMERIPOL Forecast and Hemispheric Security Centre Civil Servants International Centre of Strategic Studies against Drug Trafficking - CIENA Anti-Narcotics Directorate in the Colombian National Police AMERIPOL EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT Avenida 39 No. 8-60 Bogotá – Colombia Tel. (57) (1) 3159230. E-mail: [email protected] / www.ameripol.org © FIIAPP, 2013 Fundación Internacional y para Iberoamérica de Administración y Políticas Públicas. C/ Beatriz de Bobadilla, 18 - 28040 Madrid. Email: fiiapp@fiiapp.org / www.fiiapp.org Graphic Design: Calamar Edición & Diseño Reproduction is authorized under prior permission from FIIAPP. This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the contractor and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union. TRIPAS_AMERIPOL_INGLES:Layout 2 5/9/13 15:37 Página 7 Index Prologue ........................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Presentation by the President of AMERIPOL Mayor General Rodolfo Palomino López ......................................................................................................... 11 Presentation by the Ambassador - Head of the Delegation for Colombia and Ecuador Tanya María Wilhelmina Josepha Antonia Van Gool ............................................................................... 13 Introduction Transnational Organised Crime and Drug Trafficking: Threats to Governability in Latin America .................................................................................................... 17 Drug Trafficking Situation Bolivia .............................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Brazil ................................................................................................................................................................................ 39 Colombia ....................................................................................................................................................................... 49 Ecuador .......................................................................................................................................................................... 73 Panama .......................................................................................................................................................................... 97 Peru ............................................................................................................................................................................... 109 Trend Analysis “Behaviour” .................................................................................................................................................................. 121 General Trends Brazil .............................................................................................................................................................................. 123 Colombia ..................................................................................................................................................................... 125 Panama ......................................................................................................................................................................... 127 Peru ................................................................................................................................................................................ 129 Drug Trafficking Assessment: Europe ........................................................................................................... 131 Special emphasis: Africa .................................................................................................................................... 135 General Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................ 149 General Conclusions .............................................................................................................................................. 153 The Problem as a Whole ...................................................................................................................................... 153 Recommendations ................................................................................................................................................... 155 Bibliography ............................................................................................................................................................... 157 TRIPAS_AMERIPOL_INGLES:Layout 2 5/9/13 15:03 Página 8 TRIPAS_AMERIPOL_INGLES:Layout 2 5/9/13 15:03 Página 9 Prologue he contemporary challenges posed by crime in the Americas make it possible to understand and connect facts, making police institutions more sensitive and proactive when faced with the cri- Tses, beyond the fight against transnational crime, given the current security and law and order situation, as well as the redefinition of citizen roles. In this sense, AMERIPOL is currently the sample of this significant integrationist spirit, which will make it possible to consolidate a solid police block to face transnational organised crime, proving that it is a single multilateral alliance in the region to generate the most advanced police forces as the starting point for a historical event that has given rise to changes in the thought process and conception of se- curity in the Americas. In fact, if there is one task that police institutions are most passionate about figh- ting for, it’s the utopian goal of ending crime as well as promoting effective actions, in accordance with International Law, to rid citizens from the scourge of crime. However, the reconfiguration of the global order caused by the current dynamics in international rela- tions involves the need to join efforts in the fight against the factors that destabilise security in states and their societies, so AMERIPOL, with regard to security and police cooperation issues that fall under its scope, is making progress to strengthen its alliances and interaction in forums for subregional, re- gional, and global cooperation. In addition, as a driving force within its police cooperation model, AMERIPOL seeks to generate an in- ternational symbiosis to fight transnational crime in order to increase strategic and operational trust through the strengthening of regional capabilities and international cooperation in order to face the security challenges shared by police institutions in the Americas, making progress in the search for a comprehensive project and strategic alliances with organisations that contribute to meet the challenge of fighting transnational crime. Thus, since 2010, seeking to establish strategic international relationships, the American Police Com- munity - AMERIPOL – started a process of approach to the European Union – EU – in order to explain its purpose, goals, scope, strategies and structural organisation. In late 2010, the project for the crea- tion of a European Union Instrument for Stability, with an aspect of international support to fight against drug trafficking into Europe, was certified. situational analysis of drug trafficking. «a police
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