{"id":9309,"date":"2013-12-31T13:29:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T18:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=9309"},"modified":"2013-12-31T13:29:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T18:29:16","slug":"panama%e2%80%99s-government-bolsters-efforts-against-the-drug-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/panama%e2%80%99s-government-bolsters-efforts-against-the-drug-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama\u2019s government bolsters efforts against the drug trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/canal-drug.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9310\" title=\"canal drug\" src=\"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/canal-drug.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/canal-drug.jpg 490w, https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/canal-drug-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Panama is implementing more security measures to prevent organized crime  and the drug trade from operating within its borders, particularly  given the upcoming expansion of the Panama Canal. (Rodrigo Arangua\/AFP)<\/p>\n<p><strong>PANAMA CITY<\/strong>, Panama \u2013 With the Panama Canal expansion  scheduled to open in 2014, authorities are focused on preventing the  country from serving as a transit point for illegal merchandise and drug  trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 5% of global trade currently passes through the Panama  Canal. With the construction of a third set of locks, the canal\u2019s  capacity will double, according to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP).<\/p>\n<p>From January to September 2013, a total of 10,149 vessels have  traversed the route through Panama, according to the country\u2019s  Comptroller Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The Panamanian government will not allow the canal to be used as  a route by] international criminals transporting illegal merchandise,\u201d  Panamanian Public Safety Minister Jos\u00e9 Ra\u00fal Mulino said shortly after  the July seizure of the North Korean freighter Chong Chon Gang.  \u201cOur geographic position, the canal and our lake and sea waters are not  a passageway though which international criminals can move with  impunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The detection of the North Korean ship, which was transporting  Cuban weapons to the Asian country \u2013 a violation of United Nations  resolutions levied against North Korea \u2013 was described by analysts as a  success because of the speed in which intelligence agencies shared  information about a vessel loaded with suspicious cargo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe canal is a large area that supports global trade and the best  way to protect it is through prevention,\u201d said Alberto Alem\u00e1n Zubieta,  the former administrator of the Panama Canal. \u201cThrough intelligence  work, it was possible to locate the prohibited cargo on board the Chong  Chon Gang. The way to prevent terrorism and other illegal acts is  through the international community and awareness about the need to  prevent situations like these.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The country is taking steps to prevent its territory, including the canal, from being used to smuggle illegal substances. Operation Martillo  plays a fundamental role in these efforts, according to the director of  the country\u2019s National Aeronaval Service (SENAN), Commander Belsio  Gonz\u00e1lez S\u00e1nchez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough Operation Martillo [a multinational military initiative  led by the United States that is combating drug trafficking and  organized crime in Central America], we\u2019re creating a symbiosis of  operations with many different countries, particularly the United  States, which has helped to stop incursions by drug traffickers,\u201d  Gonz\u00e1lez said.<\/p>\n<p>From January to Nov. 15, authorities confiscated about 19 tons of drugs, up from the 12 tons seized during all of 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The country is implementing a new base in the southern Pearl  Islands in the Gulf of Panama to strengthen surveillance in the area,  which will enter into operation in January 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Panama also has acquired speedboats, helicopters and 19 radars, to  conduct coastal surveillance and combat drug trafficking in the  Caribbean and the Panamanian Pacific, which are slated to become  operational by April 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny investment made to enhance security is always a good thing,\u201d  said Roberto Aparicio, a professor of maritime law at Panama\u2019s Maritime  University.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the canal\u2019s operations, Gonz\u00e1lez said work is carried  out in conjunction with the ACP to protect cargo and ensure that all  permits are in order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe work with [the ACP] on issues related to high value  trafficking, because there are ships passing through with hazardous  materials over which they are given custody,\u201d Gonz\u00e1lez said. \u201c[To combat  drug trafficking] we have a joint operation. [The ACP makes sure that]  the permits for the vessels are in order, but it does not get involved  in intelligence matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former Panamanian Ambassador Ricardo Arias, who directed the  United Nations Security Council in 2007, has applauded the steps  authorities are taking to protect the country from drug traffickers and  organized crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough the shipment of drugs doesn\u2019t affect the functioning of  the canal or put it at risk, Panama must introduce mechanisms to prevent  the entire country from being used to smuggle illegal substances and  drugs,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panama is implementing more security measures to prevent organized crime and the drug trade from operating within 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