Endemic links between police and drug trafficking in Paraguay, according to report
The ties between police officers and organised crime are a structural problem in Paraguay. Google News PY — Crime reports on InSight Crime's analysis of this systemic corruption.
Police corruption and drug trafficking: a structural link in Paraguay
According to Google News PY — Crime, the specialist media outlet InSight Crime points out that the connections between members of the National Police and drug trafficking organisations constitute an endemic phenomenon in Paraguay, not isolated cases.
The analysis points to systematic infiltration within law enforcement, where officers facilitate or protect organised crime operations in exchange for economic benefits. This dynamic, according to InSight Crime, reproduces itself repeatedly at different levels of the police institution.
Paraguay occupies a strategic position in regional drug trafficking routes, which makes its security forces a constant target for co-option by criminal groups. InSight Crime warns that without deep structural reforms in the police system, these links will continue to reproduce themselves.
Source: Google News PY — Crime