Supporting government and private entities in understanding, anticipating and responding to strategic threats from transnational criminal and terrorist networks in the Western Hemisphere.
IBI Consultants has decades of experience conducting investigations, training, and research in Central and South America. Using a cutting-edge research paradigm that merges granular field research with advanced open source data mining and link analysis technology, IBI can successfully identify and map transnational criminal networks and potential terrorist threats.
October 21, 2025 - Interview published by TV Ciudad
My interview on transnational organized crime and authoritarianism in Montevideo, Uruguay Topics include América Latina, authoritarianism, transnational organized crime, and Uruguay.
October 21, 2025 - Journal Article published by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
An overview of the changing and growing role of transnational organized crime in Latin America's political landscape, from the Fourth Wave to criminal-state merger. Topics include América Latina, authoritarianism, Bukele, CETAG, corruption, criminalized states, democracy, and transnational organized crime.
October 8, 2025 - Interview published by National Public Radio (NPR)
My interview with Planet Money on NPR on the changing dynamics of transnational organized crime and expanding illicit markets. Topics include América Latina, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, Crimen Transnacional, drug trafficking, Fourth Wave of Transnational Organized Crime, and illicit finance.
IBI Consultants was proud to consponsor, with the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) and Fundación Siembra, a two-day session of field research experts from Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay to examine the intersection of transnational organized crime and authoritarianism in the Southern Cone of South America. A valuable learning experience for all of us in beautiful Montevideo.
Support of USG inter-agency partners in mapping corruption structures tied to transnational organized crime in the Northern Triangle as part of the Biden Administration’s Central America anti-corruption policy.
IBI field research uncovered illicit gold flows from the Maduro regime and other criminal actors from northern South America to the Arabian Peninsula, leading to USG enforcement action shutting down a fictitious gold export business moving tons of gold per year.