All Alumni In Focus Posts
José Pablo Cortés Salas
The investigation was completed on September 21, 2020. It was carried out between Costa Rica and Panama
SUCCESS STORY – COSTA RICA
A criminal organization involved in Illegal Human Smuggling of Migrants based in Panama and Costa Rica, with criminal connections in the region's transit countries, was identified. The victims were mobilized from their country of origin by air to Brazil or Ecuador, and then illegally crossed Colombia until they reached the border with Panama … Read More
Dr. René Fernández Bobadilla
He attended the Public Corruption Investigations and Law Enforcement Ethics Course at ILEA San Salvador in September 2018.
Paraguay Success Story
Two Paraguayan ILEA Alumni lead Investigations resulted in the seizure of $100 million. In May 2019 Paraguayan ILEA Alumni Dr. René Milciades Fernández Bobadilla and Liliana Alcaraz Recalde were the lead prosecutors in charge of the Paraguayan side of a money laundering case, where they seized approximately $100 million and made five arrests. The … Read More
José Pablo Cortés Salas
Investigations Supervisor, Migration and Foreign Affairs Office. Training Received: Trafficking In Persons and Child Exploitation March 12-16, 2018
Costa Rica Success Story
On July 30, 2019, an investigation lead by ILEA alumni José Pablo Cortés Salas ended. This international case was called “Adalid Operation” and it was carried out between Costa Rica and Panama, with the collaboration of HSI/ICE in Panama, Costa Rica and United States.
Alumni Rolando Fossatti (Trafficking in Persons Course, October 2013) and … Read More
Alumni Reunion Paraguay
Paraguay 2018
Paraguay Reunion
The United States Embassy in Paraguay, in coordination with the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA San Salvador), offered a reception on Thursday September 20th, in honor of the Paraguayan Alumni trained between 2017 and 2018 at ILEA San Salvador, in topics related with transnational crime.
Present at the event, from ILEA San Salvador, … Read More
High Commissioner Osvaldo Ruben Mato (Argentine Federal Police)
Graduate of ILEA Law Enforcement Management Development Program (LEMDP-06) in 2007.
Success Story 2017
When Mr. Mato attended the course at ILEA (San Salvador), he had the title of Sub commissioner. In accordance with the acquired skills at ILEA, the institution presented the following institutional challenges to him: Creation of the Training Center for personnel in charge of the official’s custody and witness protection, and creation of the … Read More
Congresswoman Yeni Vilcatoma de la Cruz (Peru).
Attended the Public Corruption Course in 2014.
Success Story 2017
Before attending ILEA, she served as Anti-Corruption Prosecutor and identified the existence of a criminal organization created to commit acts of corruption. Later, as Anti-Corruption Attorney, she discovered that the organization had international scope, led by transnational corporations that were funding political campaigns to place leaders of … Read More
Prosecutor Dr. Maria Teresa Martinez Acosta (Paraguay).
Graduate of ILEA Trafficking in Persons Course - Lima, Peru, 2006.
Success Story 2016
Operation Toblerone: This was a trafficking in persons case involving social media contacts for jobs for young women to work as nurses and caregivers to travel from Paraguay to jobs in Europe. The victims (approx. 12) were told they could work in Europe, they were saddled with bogus debt then forced into circumstances of sex slavery. A … Read More