Selected analytical briefs addressing transnational risk, illicit financial flows, and hybrid network dynamics in Latin America.
These notes are designed to provide concise, operational insights for practitioners and policy-oriented audiences.
Briefs
Sanctions Evasion Through Commodity Flows in Latin America
Hezbollah-Linked Network Adaptation Under Financial Pressure
Concise analytical brief examining how financial pressure and FTO designations are reshaping illicit financial architectures in Latin America, with a focus on trade-based money laundering (TBML) and commodity-based value transfer systems.
Key elements:
- Constraint-driven financial adaptation
- Trade-based money laundering mechanisms
- Commodity flows as alternative value channels
- Operational risk indicators for practitioners
Gold Laundering Corridors in the Guiana Shield
Cross-border commodity flows as a structural blind spot in financial enforcement
Concise analytical brief examining how persistent gaps between gold production and export data across the Guiana Shield reveal structured cross-border laundering corridors.
By tracing how gold moves from informal mining zones in Brazil and Venezuela into formal export systems in neighboring jurisdictions, this brief shows how regulatory fragmentation enables the transformation of illicit commodities into compliant financial assets.
Key elements:
- Cross-border laundering through commodity flows
- Structural gaps in export and traceability systems
- Jurisdictional arbitrage across fragmented enforcement regimes
- Integration into global gold markets and refining hubs
Operational relevance:
- Identifies measurable indicators (export–production discrepancies)
- Highlights priority monitoring zones across the Guiana Shield
- Supports sanctions evasion and illicit finance risk assessments
- Informs policy responses beyond single-jurisdiction enforcement
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