Violence operates as a “hidden tax” that costs Latin America 3.5% of its GDP and chokes investment, productivity, and development, making security the region’s major outstanding economic policy.

Violence in Mexico takes on four distinct territorial faces, revealing a country where the State coexists, competes, or disappears in the face of organized crime.

Organ trafficking, sustained by deceit and inequality, reveals an extreme form of human trafficking that challenges ethics and the capacity for response in Latin America.

The rise of organized crime in Latin America threatens not only security, but the very foundations of human development and democracy in the region.

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.

In the digital age, criminal gangs have found TikTok to be a powerful tool for seduction, appealing to emotions and symbols to recruit young people.