Balkan-based transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) have established nimble, cross-border networks to facilitate a variety of illicit activities, including narcotics and human trafficking. Disrupting and dismantling these TCOs requires a high level of coordination between and among law enforcement entities across various jurisdictions.
In this case study, Sayari analysts map commercial and trade networks related to targets of a recent Spanish and Ecuadorian investigation that dismantled a Balkan TCO involved in the importation of multi-ton quantities of cocaine into Europe. Corporate and trade records reveal a broader network of companies that may have been involved in the illicit scheme as well as high-risk trade activity that could represent vectors for illicit cocaine shipments.
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