18th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – Regional Security Perspectives

Mr. Chen, resident of Colon, made strong remarks on how we are far from winning this war. He expressed how Colon is not only battling illicit activity, but also a pandemic.

His remarks were:

• Most merchandise goes through Colon
• Colon not only needs economic reactivation, but also complete reconstruction
• Not enough action has been taken and we need solutions now His proposed solutions were:
• Colon Security Committee
• Sustainable change from private/public sectors and international community
• Well-being of Colon’s citizens via education
• Technology

Proper technology is lacking to properly identify/detect illegal merchandise