Some 25 prosecutors from Latin American countries are participating in a meeting in Panama City to assess the fight against organized crime and plan joint actions against this scourge, authorities reported on Tuesday (25.10.2016).
The meeting of the Network of Anti-Drug Prosecutors of the Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors (AIAMP), which began on Monday, seeks to strengthen ties of cooperation and solidarity, as well as develop strategies against organized crime.
The first superior prosecutor of the Specialized Prosecutors' Offices for Drug-Related Crimes in Panama, Markel Mora, who is participating in the event, told the press that "This exchange helps to acquire knowledge about the mechanisms that criminal organizations use to move drug shipments.".
Today, the prosecutors' offices that handle drug cases, are aware that the movement of drug shipments that They come from South America, in most of Colombia, They are intended to reach countries in North America and Europe for distribution and consumption.
The prosecutor said that all the representatives who participated presented an overview of drug trafficking in their countries, which largely involves money laundering from drug-related activities.
Mora cited Panama as an example, where the largest amount of seizures is of cocaine hydrochloride, marijuana, crack and, in small percentages, synthetic drugs.
"According to research, there are 3 ways to move drugs, which are the air traffic through illegal traces and concealment mechanisms; maritime traffic in traditional fishing boats and launches; and land traffic in the form of a double bottom in vehicles and through people," he said.
Panama will close the meeting on Tuesday with a discussion of relevant issues regarding drug trafficking and organized crime.
AIAMP is an entity that brings together prosecutors from 21 Latin American countries. It was founded in Brazil in 1954 as the Inter-American Association of Public Prosecutors, and adopted its current name after the incorporation of Spain and Portugal.
Source: Efe
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