The trade show’s conference will feature a panel discussion dedicated to analyzing this issue, which has taken on special relevance on the public agenda due to the rise in violent crime in Chile. Among the confirmed speakers is Luis Toledo, a former prosecutor and director of the Center for Studies on Organized Crime (CESCRO).

Organized crime has become one of the main security challenges in Chile and Latin America. In response to this constantly evolving phenomenon, SeguridadExpo 2026 will host the panel discussion “Organized Crime in Chile and the Region: Current Assessment, Emerging Trends, and Strategic Responses”. The session will seek to analyze the characteristics this threat has taken on and the capabilities the country must strengthen to address it in the coming years.

This event will be part of the program for the SeguridadExpo 2026 Congress and will take place on Wednesday, September 9, at 2:15 p.m., at the Metropolitan Santiago. The expo’s agenda will also address other topics relevant to the country, such as border security, correctional systems, artificial intelligence, and data protection.

Among the confirmed speakers is Luis Toledo, an attorney, former prosecutor with the Public Prosecutor’s Office, and current director of the Center for Studies on Security and Organized Crime (CESCRO). During his more than two decades at the Public Prosecutor’s Office, he led high-profile investigations, including the Caval Case, and served as director of the Specialized Unit for Organized Crime and Drugs at the National Prosecutor’s Office—experience that today positions him as one of the country’s leading voices on organized crime and criminal prosecution.

The panel will also feature Pablo Zeballos, a consultant and researcher specializing in transnational organized crime, illicit economies, extralegal governance, and terrorism and Pilar Lizana, an advisor to the State Modernization Unit of the Ministry of Public Security.

The discussion will address various questions. For example, whether Chile is developing its own modus operandi for organized crime or whether the country continues to replicate dynamics observed in other nations in the region. It will also examine whether law enforcement efforts are focused on those who commit the crimes or on those who manage and facilitate criminal networks, as well as analyze where these organizations currently exercise territorial control.

The discussion will also address challenges related to intelligence, inter-agency interoperability, financial investigations, international cooperation, prevention, and the role the private sector can play in confronting an increasingly sophisticated phenomenon, providing insights for the discussion on the capabilities Chile will need to strengthen in the coming years.

“One of the goals of SeguridadExpo is to foster conversations that contribute to the industry’s development and the strengthening of the country’s security capabilities. Bringing together on a single panel specialists with experience in investigation, intelligence, and public policy will enrich the debate on a phenomenon that today demands increasingly coordinated responses,” stated Rodrigo Bastidas, manager of SeguridadExpo.

SeguridadExpo 202, organized by FISA, part of the GL events Chile group, will take place September 8–10 at Metropolitan Santiago. The event will bring together companies dedicated to comprehensive security both in Chile and abroad, as well as institutions, experts, and authorities who will offer different perspectives on an issue that currently has the entire country on high alert.

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