Control of illicit flights, anoperational design approach

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18667/cienciaypoderaereo.797

Keywords:

Operational design, illegal flights, airspace control

Abstract

In 2015, the United Nations Organization (un) declared drug trafficking as a threat against the peace and comprehensive security of States, therefore, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime was created (unodc), whose purpose is to help acceding countries to combat indiscriminate drug trafficking and organized crime related to this activity. At the regional level, their fight has represented a real challenge, which demands the direct participation of the State, public institutions and the private sector, based on mutual cooperation programs, which allow the eradication of this scourge and its related crimes, among them, the trafficking of arms, ammunition and explosives, the illegal exploitation of natural resources, the use of organized criminal groups to carry out acts of hired assassins, extreme violence, intimidation, and others, which ultimately generate political, social and economic instability. For its part, Ecuador identifies current security as multidimensional, cooperative, democratic and humane, emphasizing the strengthening of bilateral relations with countries in the region, where “hard power” and deterrence alone do not have the desired effects, forcing its Armed Forces to redefine their strategies, to focus their ends, ways and means towards combating a threat that adapts and takes advantage of social, economic and political vulnerabilities. Currently, three aerial approaches to Ecuador have been determined, which highlights the importance of maintaining effective control of the airspace, considered as one of the road alternatives (2 % of all drugs) for the entry and exit of substances such as drugs in the country.

The article proposes an operational design for the control of illegal flights, which restricts the use of Ecuadorian airspace for drug trafficking activities, in order to achieve the neutralization of unidentified traffic and reduce the incidence of this illegal activity within the country, to which using a methodology from a descriptive approach, through documentary research in open sources from a holistic perspective, making a correlation of operational designs referring to the research topic and expert panel techniques, in the field of strategic planning, contributing experience of the authors on intelligence planning

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Published

2023-11-15

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Operational Safety and Aviation Logistics

How to Cite

Control of illicit flights, anoperational design approach. (2023). Ciencia Y Poder Aéreo, 19(1), 6-23. https://doi.org/10.18667/cienciaypoderaereo.797