Keith Ditcham

Royal United Services Institute, United Kingdom

Keith Ditcham

Royal United Services Institute, United Kingdom

With more than 22 years of experience and thematic knowledge of organized crime, he has worked with government organizations and security forces in the Americas and Europe. He also has experience in police and security sector transformation, including capacity building in conflict-affected countries and fragile states. Most recently, he provided support to the Colombian National Police and the attorney general’s office. He has a master’s degree in International Criminal Justice and is about to present her doctoral thesis on juvenile criminal exploitation. Currently, he is director and Senior Research Fellow of the area “Organized Crime and Policing” of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

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February 7, 2023
By: Keith Ditcham y Martin Verrier (07/02/2023).
For decades, some South American countries -such as Brazil or Colombia- have suffered high levels of criminal violence, eroding the democratic governance of cities and regions across the continent. Often, this violence has been associated with drug trafficking, especially cocaine. However, the consolidation of this trafficking has led to a situation where criminal organizations have consolidated contact networks and alliances with other organizations, causing trafficking and smuggling […]