… Eavesdropping on phone and electronic communications has become rampant in many Latin American countries. Those tapping phones have ranged from state intelligence agencies to drug traffickers and other criminals. When recordings are leaked to the news media, the intent is usually to cause political damage. The release of recorded conversations to private media in [...]
While most Latin American countries have democratically-elected governments, many still fail to respect human rights, including the right to privacy. Across the region, there have been multiple scandals involving government officials and intelligence agencies engaged in illegal surveillance of communications. These include numerous chilling examples of how interception technologies are being misused to spy on [...]
Ningún nivel del aparato estatal parece haberse salvado de la red de interceptación telefónica y electrónica que habría montado la empresa Business Track SAC (BTR). La lista de víctimas del “chuponeo’, que incluye a ministros de Estado, funcionarios públicos, abogados, empresarios y hasta periodistas, ha empezado a crecer y, a los nombres dados a conocer [...]
