The Transnational Organized Crime Approach in Comparative Law and its Importance for Paraguay

Abstract

The present work does not intend to cover all the spheres of the State's fight against Organized Crime, but what is sought with this study is to recognize some of the most important facets of this phenomenon that allow the effective detection and criminal prosecution of criminals. this type of crime and that to date in the Republic of Paraguay has not been achieved efficiently. Perhaps this is due to the fact that this country, except for isolated cases, has not historically had cases of extreme terrorism with the extermination of numerous innocents such as the fateful event of 09/11 (or attack on the Twin Towers) in the United States; the 11-M attack in Madrid-Spain; Avianca flight 203 in Colombia; or closer still, the attack on the AMIA in the neighboring Republic of Argentina. The events that can be mentioned because they are the closest in the Paraguayan case are: the murder of Anastacio Somoza on September 17, 1980 with a rocket launcher, the murder of Luis María Argaña on March 23, 1999 and the current activities terrorists 6 developed by the self-proclaimed Army of the Paraguayan People (EPP), although none of them with such a high amount of loss of innocent lives, as occurred internationally. The aforementioned criminal activities are only one of the facets of organized crime, since in addition to blood crimes, to name them in some way, there are other types of associations or groups that are dedicated to other types of activities, where violence It is not the first measure, but neither should it be the last, as will be seen.