Aug 25, 2024 · Chile, long considered one of Latin America's safer havens, is grappling with an unprecedented surge in organized crime, largely driven by the infiltration of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang.

May 3, 2024 · Chile is reeling from the killings of three military police officers last Saturday. Their vehicle was found burned alongside a highway, with the officers inside, in the south-central Biobío...

Dec 19, 2024 · Chilean authorities are providing more detail about the growing sophistication and violence of transnational organized crime as homicides and drug seizures grow and local and foreign criminal groups deepen their grip on a country not previously known for criminality.

Chile has implemented various strategies to prevent and combat organized crime, including efforts to reduce poverty and extreme poverty and creating specific plans to address money laundering, human trafficking and smuggling, and drug trafficking.

Chile. Despite its proximity to cocaine-producing Andean countries, Chile has not suffered the negative effects of organized crime to the same extent as other nations in the region. Read full profile

Chile has signed most international treaties pertaining to organized crime, and it has extradition agreements with eighteen countries. Chile also engages well in international cooperation on anti-organized crime, evident in a number of successful police operations and seizures.

Apr 23, 2018 · Despite its proximity to cocaine-producing Andean countries, Chile has not suffered the negative effects of organized crime to the same extent as other nations in the region. In fact, it is one of the safest nations in Latin America.

Aug 12, 2024 · The fight against organized crime requires judicial independence and equality before the law. Chilean officials should focus on enhancing governability, reducing political conflicts, and reinforcing liberal democracy, emphasizing checks and balances, political rights, and civil liberties.

Jan 15, 2025 · A new report from the Chilean Public Prosecutor’s Office reveals a disturbing 13% increase in homicides in the Metropolitan Region during 2024 compared to the previous year, underscoring the growing crisis of violence fueled by organized crime and social inequalities.

May 5, 2023 · The lack of conceptual and theoretical development around the problem of organized crime, and the gangs, gangs and cartels involved, prevents the initiatives proposed and carried out from covering all the dimensions that organized crime has …