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New IBI project on remilitarizaion in Central America

Supporting government and private entities in understanding, anticipating and responding to strategic threats from transnational criminal and terrorist networks in the Western Hemisphere.

IBI Consultants has decades of experience conducting investigations, training, and research in Central and South America. Using a cutting-edge research paradigm that merges granular field research with advanced open source data mining and link analysis technology, IBI can successfully identify and map transnational criminal networks and potential terrorist threats.

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Recent Media & Publications

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Transnational Organized Crime in the Dominican Republic: A Convergence Center for Illicit Economies

June 26, 2025 - Journal Article published by FIU Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy

Douglas Farah, Dr. Eduardo Gamarra, Pablo Zeballos look at the Domincan Republic's growing role as a convergence center for multiple illicit economies. Topics include América Latina, corruption, drug trafficking, and gangs.

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Crimen Organizado Transnacional en República Dominicana: Un centro de convergencia para economías ilícitas

June 26, 2025 - Journal Article published by FIU Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy

Douglas Farah, Dr. Eduardo Gamarra, Pablo Zeballos examinan el creciente rol de crimen transnacional en República Dominicana y la convergencia de economías ilícitas. Topics include América Latina and Tren de Aragua.

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Exo-Criminalidad de Riesgo: Un desafío emergente en la seguridad de los estados democráticos y la estabilidad democrática

April 24, 2025 - Article published by Centro de Estudios Estratégicos del Ejército del Perú

El estudio examina la emergencia de la Exo-Criminalidad de Riesgo (ECR) como una variante delictiva que difiere de la criminalidad organizada tradicional al originarse en factores externos, tales como dinámicas migratorias, crisis sociales y otras presiones exógenas. Topics include América Latina, Chile, and Crimen Transnacional.

Recent Accomplishments

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Provided research that helped support the designation of corrupt actors

Support of USG inter-agency partners in mapping corruption structures tied to transnational organized crime in the Northern Triangle as part of the Biden Administration’s Central America anti-corruption policy.

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Uncovered illicit gold flows from the Maduro regime to the Arabian Peninsula

IBI field research uncovered illicit gold flows from the Maduro regime and other criminal actors from northern South America to the Arabian Peninsula, leading to USG enforcement action shutting down a fictitious gold export business moving tons of gold per year.

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Identified a money laundering hub in Nicaragua leading to sanctions and closures

IBI identified Banco Corporativo and associated entities in Nicaragua as a primary money laundering hub for the Ortega and the Maduro regimes and mapped its transnational operations. The investigation was crucial to the Treasury Department and the State Department initiating investigations that led to formally sanctioning the bank and the bank closing.

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