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.
September 30, 2024 - Research published by FIU Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy
This research paper by Douglas Farah explores how Russian companies have supplied advanced surveillance technology to Latin American nations, aiding repressive regimes and supporting criminal actors that undermine democracy and U.S. security. Topics include influence operations, Russia, and surveillance technology.
August 23, 2024 - Interview published by Diálogo Américas
Douglas Farah highlights Russia's escalating efforts to expand its influence in Latin America, with the aim of weakening democratic institutions, pushing the region toward military totalitarianism, and consolidating a new geopolitical order. Part 2 of 2. Topics include influence operations, Latin America, and Russia.
August 23, 2024 - Interview published by Diálogo Américas
Douglas Farah destaca los crecientes esfuerzos de Rusia por expandir su influencia en América Latina, con el objetivo de debilitar las instituciones democráticas, empujar a la región hacia un totalitarismo militar y consolidar un nuevo orden geopolítico. Parte 2 de 2. Topics include América Latina, Operaciones de influencia, and Rusia.
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.
IBI identified Banco Corporativo and associated entities in Nicaragua as a primary money laundering hub for the Ortega and the Maduro regimes and mapped its transnational operations. The investigation was crucial to the Treasury Department and the State Department initiating investigations that led to formally sanctioning the bank and the bank closing.