INTERPOL notices highlight growing threat of dual-use substances in South America

INTERPOL notices highlight growing threat of dual-use substances in South America

LYON, France – Police, immigration and customs agencies across Colombia, Ecuador and Peru have joined forces in the region’s first operation targeting cross-border smuggling of dual-use chemicals. Undertaken in November 2025, Operation CHASE was coordinated by INTERPOL and involved more than 50,000 inspections at borders and ports. In Ecuador, new intelligence led to the publication of an INTERPOL Orange Notice warning the Organization’s 196 mem…