Pinkerton Insights Podcast

Each week, we break down international news into our four quadrants of risk and present ways to mitigate those risks. See below for the key issues from this week’s edition: hazard and event risks: - In Mexico, local media reported a wave of violence in the states of Guanajuato, Guerrero, and Veracruz that took place during the first two weeks of the current year. - The only functioning airport in the Libyan capital of Tripoli reopened recently after a 5-day closure caused by deadly clashes that left passenger jets damaged. - Per reports, the explosion and sinking of the Iranian oil tanker Sanchi earlier this month in the East China Sea, poses environmental and health risks in the near to medium term, as it will likely affect marine ecology and fishery in the area. operational and physical risks: - In Brazil, media have reported a risk situation regarding the two major nuclear power plants located at Angra dos Reis, near the Rio de Janeiro coastline. - Per reports last week, the Nigerian militant group, Nige