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.
February 15, 2026 - Essay published by Ojo Público
Con el indulto a JOH en Honduras por narcotráfico, levantar sanciones a Horacio Cartes en Paraguay por collaborar con Hezbollah y negociar la protección de Bukele en El Salvador en el pacto con mara MS-13, Trump fortalece en vez de combatir crimen organizado. Topics include América Latina, Crimen Transnacional, El Salvador, Hezbollah, and Honduras.
February 15, 2026 - Essay published by Ojo Público
By having a policy of transactional interactions with MAGA aligned leaders the Trump administration has pardoned a major drug trafficker in Honduras, lifted sanctions on a Hezbollah collaborator in Paraguay, and protected the MS-13 gang leadership in El Salvador Topics include América Latina, authoritarianism, Central America, corruption, democracy, El Salvador, Honduras, MS-13, transnational organized crime, and Trump.
February 11, 2026 - Journal Article published by Centro de Investigación y Estudios Estratégicos ANEPE Chile
Overview of the dangers of militarizing the fight against transnational organized crime without clear functional and temporal limits. Militarization often drifts to authoritarianism by creating the "internal enemy" concept. Topics include América Latina, authoritarianism, Bukele, Chile, Crimen Transnacional, Latin America, militarization, rule of law, and transnational organized crime.
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.