(Español) EL PAcCTO, junto a diez países de América Latina y dos de Europa, han creado la Red LYNX compuesta de policías especializados en la lucha contra la trata de seres humanos.
Experts from Brazil, France and Mexico have presented their studies on the impact of transnational organised crime on indigenous and Afro-descendant communities in Latin America.
The fight against organised crime is an international challenge because there are no borders and there is no limit on criminals’ imagination when it comes to committing crimes.
The overall goal of the Police Cooperation Cooperation of EL PAcCTO is to strengthen the police services responsible ...
The characteristics of organised crime are its international dimension, its significant economic volume and the complexity of its operations. They are detrimental to the general economy, weaken institutions and cause public insecurity and other social problems.
The investigation and prosecution ...
Latin American prisons have a high rate of overcrowding and present a diffuse infiltration of criminal organisations that often transform them into real schools of crime.
The general objectives of the Penitentiary Systems component of EL PAcCTO are to improve penitentiary management systems, the ...
On the occasion of International Women's Day, THE PAcCTO responds to the question: "Women leaders, what for? We join the UN's effort to make this day visible with the chosen slogan: "Women leaders: ...
Currently, organised crime has a strong presence in prisons, sometimes turning them into crime schools. Rising incarceration rates and overcrowding are the perfect combination for crime to ...
How an Interinstitutional Technical Committee on Alternatives to Imprisonment is created
What is a Joint Investigation Team?
A fundamental tool of international cooperation of very recent creation.
2. A tool for the coordination of judicial authorities against ...
It is estimated that in the Latin American region there are approximately 45 million people who self-identify as indigenous, native or Afro-descendant. According to National Geographic data, they are ...
EL PAcCTO has launched a new strategy to coordinate the Network of Prison Academies’ work between the European Union and Latin America. This article outlines how it works and what results it will ...
25 de March 2021
Latin America /
Alternative measures to imprisonment
EL PAcCTO is advocating the creation of Inter-institutional Technical Committees to coordinate the promotion and application of Alternative Means to Imprisonment in Latin America. Here are the keys ...
