Marianne Richardson

National Defense University, USA

Marianne Richardson

National Defense University, USA

Marianne Richardson is the research coordinator for Western Hemisphere Illicit Network Review project at Institute for National Security Studies / National Defense University. Her work focuses on migration, transnational systems, and finance. Prior to this position Ms. Richardson worked for the city of Austin’s COVID-19 disaster response team to develop real-time tracking tools for testing and mass vaccination sites. She also conducted research on migration drivers at the Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law. She holds a Master of Arts in public affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

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February 23, 2023
By: Douglas Farah and Marianne Richardson (23/02/2023).
Two prison-based gangs ­–the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) in Central America and the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) in Brazil­­– amassed military, economic and political power, as well as extensive territorial control, to the degree that they now pose existential threats to the states in which they operate. They now form key components of formidable transnational criminal structures with deep ties to drug trafficking and other criminal activities […]