Can Military Forces intervene in transnational organized crime?

Abstract

The existence of transnational organized crime has produced high crime rates in Ecuadorian society, making the Police performance infficient. Therefore, we analyze the possibility of military intervention to combat this threat. Through the collection of information and a legal analysis of the facts, the resulting conclusions lead to the possibility of intervention of the Armed Forces; exceptionally, due to high crime rates when these affect internal order, or fully, in compliance with their constitutional mission as long as there is a threat to sovereignty. In conclusion, there are possibilities to comprehensively combat organized crime without the need for a constitutional reform.