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07-14-2011, 11:00 AM
Adam Blackwell, Secretary for Multidimensional Security for the Organization of American States, advocated enhanced preparation in Latin America to confront organized crime, as reported in El Caribe. Blackwell is a former Ambassador of Canada to the Dominican Republic.
He alerted that criminal networks operate on transnational levels and use the most sophisticated technologies. Blackwell spoke during the opening of the workshop Strategic Vision of Public Security at the Dominican Fiesta yesterday. Participating was the Chief of the Police and other high ranking Police officials, officials of other national security departments, of the National Drug Control Department, the Metropolitan Transport Authority, the National Council of Drugs, the Attorney General Office among others.
Blackwell said that no pandemic or natural disaster has affected the region more than the present wave of crime and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Blackwell urged the integration of civic society to the fight against crime. "Without the participation of civic society any effort will be sterile," he told the audience. He said that as countries improve the educational levels and jobs become available to young people violence levels will drop.
Transnational crime needs to be combated with organized transnational operations, said Blackwell. He said that in 2010, 200 million residents in Latin America and the Caribbean, almost a third of the population in the region, was a victim of crime.
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He alerted that criminal networks operate on transnational levels and use the most sophisticated technologies. Blackwell spoke during the opening of the workshop Strategic Vision of Public Security at the Dominican Fiesta yesterday. Participating was the Chief of the Police and other high ranking Police officials, officials of other national security departments, of the National Drug Control Department, the Metropolitan Transport Authority, the National Council of Drugs, the Attorney General Office among others.
Blackwell said that no pandemic or natural disaster has affected the region more than the present wave of crime and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Blackwell urged the integration of civic society to the fight against crime. "Without the participation of civic society any effort will be sterile," he told the audience. He said that as countries improve the educational levels and jobs become available to young people violence levels will drop.
Transnational crime needs to be combated with organized transnational operations, said Blackwell. He said that in 2010, 200 million residents in Latin America and the Caribbean, almost a third of the population in the region, was a victim of crime.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)