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Douglas Farah

Founder and president of IBI Consultants LLC, a consulting firm specializing in transnational crime investigations in Latin America. He was a foreign correspondent and investigative journalist for The Washington Post.

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Why is organized crime becoming increasingly serious in Latin America?

For decades, drug cartels have wielded profound political influence in Latin America. With the evolution and diversification of new illicit markets that move trillions of dollars, the corrupting capacity of criminal networks challenges the survival of democratic institutions.