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On November 19, 2024, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) launched its report, Under the Guns: Firearms Trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean.[1] The report points out that even though only eight percent of the world lives in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the region has one-third of all homicides worldwide. Arms trafficking is now more than a law enforcement challenge. Transnational organized criminals (TCOs) use the proliferation of semi- and fully automatic rifles, grenade launchers, and various high-caliber weapons to endanger the sovereignty of various countries, most recently Haiti and Ecuador.[2] The report makes a number of recommendations for each of the regions.