A Deep Dive Into Paraguay’s Criminal Dynamics and Its Borders

Paraguay’s commercial connections, its institutional weakness, and its rampant cannabis production have attracted transnational criminal groups, such as the PCC.
Join us on Thursday, February 25, 2021, for a discussion with our co-director, Steven Dudley, alongside InSight Crime project coordinator and researcher, Ángela Olaya, and our collaborator and researcher, Carlos Peris, who will take an in-depth look at organized crime in Paraguay and its borders. The event will be moderated by Juan Alberto Martens Mola, an expert on crime and security in Paraguay.

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Endemic corruption at different levels of government has helped Paraguay become a major exporter of marijuana and a hub for contraband. Here, drug traffickers and dirty politicians often find common ground, and political fights spill into the underworld.