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Paradise Lost? Ecuador's Battle with Organised Crime

Published: 2024

Publisher: International Crisis Group, Report No. 109

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Regions: Ecuador
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Comprehensive policy report on Ecuador’s rapid transformation from one of Latin America’s safest countries to one of its most violent, examining the convergence of Mexican cartel proxy wars, Albanian mafia cocaine brokering, prison-based gang governance, and institutional collapse.