Criminals create rival gangs and their conflicts concern the public. Due to the magnitude of the problem, city authorities have put in place a special police service: Metropolitan Police.
Women are not well represented in the police, but they play a key role in India and Palestine where they deal with special cases involving women.
The center of trafficking is the Paraná river, separating Brazil and Paraguay, where the Brazilian government has established a special police unit called NEPOM.
In Buenos Aires and Haiti, the government establishes a special police department aimed to work in the marginal neighborhoods and reassure the public.
Ciudad Juárez is a principal trafficking route for migrants seeking a better life and in order to attempt to prevent the illegal crossing of the USA border, Special forces of the Mexican Federal Police patrol the area for suspicious activity.