Small Wars Journal

The Transnational Gang Threat

Mon, 07/21/2014 - 6:41am

The Transnational Gang Threat - Part 1: Joining Forces to Meet the Challenge - FBI

The community activists, social workers, and police officers from six Central American countries and the U.S. who had arrived in the nation’s capital the previous day were now assembled at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next door to the White House. Chatting in Spanish and English, they waited for the official start of a two-week training program with an innovative approach to dealing with the problem of transnational gangs.

The FBI-led initiative known as CACIE—the Central American Community Impact Exchange program—unites civic groups and law enforcement organizations to deter gang violence and criminal activity by helping to keep young people from joining gangs. This deterrence model stresses prevention in addition to police intervention, and the 22 CACIE participants are on the front lines of that effort.

Read on.

Resources:
- More on the FBI’s anti-gang efforts
- More on the FBI's Transnational Anti-Gang Task Force

Categories: El Centro