Foreign Policy and National Security
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Amid ongoing concerns about gun violence in the United States and Mexico, a new report highlights several bureaucratic obstacles hampering US efforts to stem the flow of illicit arms to its southern neighbor… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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An investigative report by the Texas Observer last month revived longstanding concerns about US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), calling into question whether the nation’s largest law enforcement agency is effectively combating corruption and infiltration by criminal organizations… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Bolivia’s Attorney General’s Office dismissed or sanctioned more than 100 of its employees in 2015 for various transgressions, pointing to the pervasiveness of corruption within the institution, but also to an increasing vigilance when there is official misbehavior… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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In the first days of the new year, the U.S. government has begun implementing a plan to deport hundreds of undocumented immigrant families back to Central America. And unsurprisingly, reports of apparent constitutional violations are already rolling in… Read this piece in its entirety at Alternet.
Mike LaSusa 