An Overview of Security and Violence in the Americas and the Caribbean: Structural Factors and New Trends

About this episode

This episode explores the evolving landscape of security and violence in the Americas and the Caribbean, featuring insights from Dr. Vinicius de Carvalho on transnational organized crime and its complexities.

Welcome to the ParlAmericas Podcast. In this episode, we will explore the evolving landscape of security and violence in the Americas and the Caribbean. We will hear from Dr. Vinicius de Carvalho, Reader in Brazilian and Latin American Studies in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, who reflects on the complexity of transnational organized crime and the ways in which criminal networks adapt to state institutions, regulatory gaps, and emerging markets. His intervention invites us to think more precisely about how we define security, how criminal economies operate, and why there is no single solution to a challenge that is constantly changing. This episode was recorded during the high-level dialogue “An Overview of Security and Violence in the Americas and the Caribbean: Structural Factors and New Trends,” held as part of the First Gathering of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network on Security, titled “Human Security and Regional Stability: Parliamentary Responses to Challenges in the Americas and the Caribbean,” which took place on November 27 and 28, 2025, in Panama City, Panama.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Vinicius de Carvalho

Topics covered

• security
• violence
• transnational organized crime
• criminal networks
• human security
• regional stability

Keywords

• security
• violence
• Americas
• Caribbean
• organized crime
• criminal economies
• state institutions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: King’s College London

Places: Panama City, Panama

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