Human Smuggling and Associated Revenues: What Do or Can We Know About Routes from Central America to the United States?

This report presents initial findings from a scoping study titled “Economic Value of Human Smuggling to Transnational Criminal Organizations.” A primary goal of this study, which was completed in less than two months, was to develop a preliminary estimate of transnational criminal organizations’ (TCOs’) revenues from smuggling migrants from the Northern Triangle region of Central America—consisting of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador—to the United States. In addition, we sought to establish what is known or knowable about the characteristics, including the structure, operations, and financing, of TCOs that engage in human smuggling along those routes.

• | Author: Victoria A. Greenfield, Etienne Rosas
• | Publisher: RAND Corporation
• | Publication Date: Jun 15, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 78 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1977402089
• | ISBN-13: 9781977402080