The UN Says Bolivia Is an Operations Center for International Drug Cartels
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La Paz, Oct 17 (EFE).- Bolivia has in recent years become a center of operations for...
The UN says Bolivia is an operations center for international drug cartels
UN alerts on the rise of drug trafficking, expansion of foreign cartels and criminal networks in Bolivia The UN entry alerts on the rise of drug trafficking in Bolivia was first published in La Patria Bolivia.
Mónica Mendoza, representative in Bolivia of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), said that in recent years the country became a center of operations for foreign drug cartels. In an interview with the news agency EFE, Mendoza pointed out that Rodrigo Paz's government recognized the presence of transnational organized crime, a problem whose approach represents an opportunity to "improve" the fight against narcotics.
The UN warned that Bolivia is a center of cartel operations in Mexico, Brazil, Peru and Colombia, with the presence of local networks
Posters such as Mexico's Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) and Brazilian criminal organizations such as the First Capital Command have been expanded
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