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(Anti-) Corruption in the police: progress made and pending issues

15 March 2013 in Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Defence and Security, Miscellaneous, Politics and government, Poverty and development

Corruption in the Peruvian police has hit the headlines for two reasons: The Peruvian authorities have decided to start a rotating system of 80% of their policemen in order for these to be more difficult to get involved in organised crime activities; between 2011 and 2012 there were 6.000 policemen being investigated for corruption. Samuel […]

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Corrupción e inseguridad en Centroamérica: Sin transparencia no habrá soluciones

11 October 2012 in Americas, Defence and Security, Politics and government

Armas que ingresan sin registro al país, pistas de aterrizaje clandestinas, cargamentos de gran dimensión que entran y salen por las fronteras y que nadie detecta, edificios nuevos deshabitados, balas que se intercambian entre bandas rivales, violación de leyes por las que nadie paga. Estas son manifestaciones del crimen que lamentablemente suceden día a día […]

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