surveillance

  • The president of Guatemala has fired the two highest-ranking officials in the executive’s security service after they were accused of illegal surveillance, illustrating the persistence of clandestine networks of security officials seeking influence in Guatemalan politics… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.

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  • Colombian law enforcement and intelligence agencies have been significantly expanding their ability to intercept electronic communications for more than a decade with help from private firms in the US, Europe, and Israel. According to a new two–part report by the human rights group Privacy International, these companies have helped Colombia construct a “shadow mass surveillance

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