This report examines the complex interconnections between transnational organized crime and terrorism in Latin America, focusing on their mutual reinforcement and the resultant security challenges.
By analyzing case studies across the continent, it details how terrorist organizations fund their ideologies through criminal enterprises, while criminal groups employ terrorist tactics to maximize profits. Key activities include drug trafficking, migrant smuggling, and money laundering.
The study also underscores the evolving motivations of terrorists as they integrate into global criminal networks, further complicating governmental responses. Recommendations are provided for enhancing cooperation, capacity-building and legal frameworks to address these increasingly sophisticated and intertwined threats.
