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Law Enforcement In Paraguay
Law enforcement in Paraguay is primarily the responsibility of the National Police of Paraguay. Law enforcement organizations of Paraguay Historical secret police organizations * División Técnica de Represión del Comunismo (Technical Division for the Repression of Communism) * Departamento de Investigaciones de la Policía (DIPC) (Police Investigations Department) Currently *National Police of Paraguay The National Police of Paraguay ( es, Policía Nacional del Paraguay, PNP) is the main law-enforcement agency in Paraguay, operating under the auspices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is responsible for ensuring the internal security of t ... See also * Crime in Paraguay References Sources # World Police Encyclopedia, ed. by Dilip K. Das & Michael Palmiotto. by Taylor & Francis. 2004, # World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems, 2nd. edition, Gale., 2006 # Sullivan, Larry E. et al. Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement. Thousand Oaks: Sage Pub ...
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Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. It has a population of seven million, nearly three million of whom live in the capital and largest city of Asunción, and its surrounding metro. Although one of only two landlocked countries in South America (Bolivia is the other), Paraguay has ports on the Paraguay and Paraná rivers that give exit to the Atlantic Ocean, through the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway. Spanish conquistadores arrived in 1524, and in 1537, they established the city of Asunción, the first capital of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata. During the 17th century, Paraguay was the center of Jesuit missions, where the native Guaraní people were converted to Christianity and introduced to European culture. ...
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National Police Of Paraguay
The National Police of Paraguay ( es, Policía Nacional del Paraguay, PNP) is the main law-enforcement agency in Paraguay, operating under the auspices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is responsible for ensuring the internal security of the nation. Brief History The first Paraguayan Police force was established in 1843, then known as the Asunción Police Department under the leadership of Pedro Nolazco Fernández. In 1992, Paraguay's government ratified a new constitution, which put policing duties under the newly formed National Police (Policia Nacional), which came under the interior ministry. In 2010, the PNP established a new aviation unit, called the ''Unidad de aviación'' (Aviation Unit), which operates helicopters to support of policing operations in the air. Mission The PNP is an institution with permanent high precedence in the constitution, with the mission of protecting life, preserving public order, and security and integrity of people. It is designed to gua ...
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Departamento De Investigaciones De La Policía
A ' () is a country subdivision in several Latin American countries, mostly as top-level subnational divisions (except in Argentina). It is usually simply translated as "department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...". Current use Ten countries currently have '. Past use Mexico in the 1830s was divided into 24 ', which were first-level divisions. It was during an attempt to centralize the government. Types of administrative division {{Geo-term-stub pt:Departamento ...
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Crime In Paraguay
Crime in Paraguay has increased in recent years with criminals often targeting those thought to be wealthy.
. U.S. Department of State (September 15, 2008).
Although most in is nonviolent, there has been an increase in the use of weapons and there have been incidents where extreme violence has been used.


Crime by type


Armed violence

The amount of violence and other forms of armed violence has increased since the

Law Enforcement In Paraguay
Law enforcement in Paraguay is primarily the responsibility of the National Police of Paraguay. Law enforcement organizations of Paraguay Historical secret police organizations * División Técnica de Represión del Comunismo (Technical Division for the Repression of Communism) * Departamento de Investigaciones de la Policía (DIPC) (Police Investigations Department) Currently *National Police of Paraguay The National Police of Paraguay ( es, Policía Nacional del Paraguay, PNP) is the main law-enforcement agency in Paraguay, operating under the auspices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is responsible for ensuring the internal security of t ... See also * Crime in Paraguay References Sources # World Police Encyclopedia, ed. by Dilip K. Das & Michael Palmiotto. by Taylor & Francis. 2004, # World Encyclopedia of Police Forces and Correctional Systems, 2nd. edition, Gale., 2006 # Sullivan, Larry E. et al. Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement. Thousand Oaks: Sage Pub ...
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