06.05.2018 - By CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
It’s not just drugs anymore. Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) organizations in Latin America traffic in people and money, and participate in illegal mining. Expert Evan Ellis, a professor at the U.S. Army War College, argues in his latest book for a “whole-government” approach to replace a sole focus on taking out high-value targets such as cartel leaders. Changes are needed, says Ellis, in how we partner with Latin American governments, and how we organize the U.S. government to fight crime organizations that are better connected and better strategists.