Latin America and the Caribbean faces the highest levels of violence in the world—bearing a disproportionate share of global homicides despite representing a small share of the world’s population. Violence takes multiple forms, but in recent decades organized crime linked to illicit markets has…
Independent and effective anti-corruption institutions are critical to successfully combatting corruption through criminal enforcement. Using the Jakarta Principles and Colombo Commentary as the standards for analysis, this paper explores the adequacy of anti-corruption institutions responsible for…
The policy brief is based on recommendations discussed during a policy workshop hosted by the Georgetown Americas Institute in May 2023. These recommendations identify specific and meaningful reforms that can be reasonably implemented in each country to address some of the weaknesses in their…
