June 27, 2017 - Report published by American Enterprise Institute (AIE)
IBI contributed multiple chapters to this report produced by AEI Working Group on Transnational Organized Crime in the Americas, which traces the rise of transnational criminal organizations in the Americas and their role in a wide variety of security threats. Topics include ALBA, BJCE, Colombia, criminalized states, drug trafficking, El Salvador, FARC, Guatemala, Hezbollah, Honduras, illicit finance, Mexico, money laundering, transnational organized crime, and Venezuela.
March 15, 2017 - Report published by Center for a Secure Free Society Global Dispatch
This report examines how the government of Desi Bouterse in Surinace became a vertically integrated criminal structure, serving as a safe-space for TOC and embedding criminals in state organs. It also looks at the Bouterse government’s involvement in the gold trade. Topics include BJCE, criminalized states, gold trafficking, illicit financing, money laundering, and Suriname.
February 1, 2017 - Book Chapter published by Rand Corporation
The chapter IBI contributed to the book Counternetwork: Countering the Expansion of Transnational Criminal Networks discusses the ability of TCNs in Central America to co-opt or influence local and national power structures, and the resulting threat to U.S. security. Topics include Central America, Colombia, criminalized states, drug trafficking, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, illicit financing, Mexico, and money laundering.
December 8, 2016 - Article published by Small Wars Journal
In this report, Douglas Farah examines the illicit Colombian emerald trade in the context of the Colombian peace agreement and FARC demobilization, and the essential security threat it poses. Topics include Colombia, demobilization, FARC, gem trafficking, money laundering, and transnational organized crime.
October 25, 2016 - Book Chapter published by Center for Complex Operations, NDU
"Convergence in Criminalized States: A New Paradigm," a chapter in the new book "Beyond Convergence," just published by the Center for Complex Operations at National Defense University. Topics include ALBA, BJCE, China, criminalized states, FARC, Latin America, money laundering, Russia, and transnational organized crime.
October 7, 2016 - Article published by Small Wars Journal
The shocking rejection by the Colombian people of the peace agreement between the government and FARC has sparked an outpouring of analysis and recrimination by those who supported the deal. We explore reasons for the rejection of the agreement and its future prospects. Topics include Colombia, demobilization, drug trafficking, FARC, money laundering, and Peace Process.
August 23, 2016 - Journal Article published by Small Wars Journal
A paper exploring why the FARC's roadmap to peace will likely follow the Bolivarian path to to totalitarianism.
June 23, 2016 - Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives
Testimony of Douglas Farah before the House Task Force To Investigate Terrorism Finance, House Committee of Financial Services, House Committee on Financial Services
