Johan Obdola is a global security and intelligence specialist with more than three decades of experience working on the front lines of counter-narcotics, counterterrorism, and transnational organized crime. He has operated in high-risk environments across Latin America, North America, Europe, the Middle East and other regions, supporting governments, security agencies and international organizations in the design of strategies against hybrid criminal and terrorist structures.A former counter-drug official and field operator, Obdola has investigated and documented the evolution of narco-terrorist networks, criminalized states and convergent threats that now shape the global security landscape. His work combines operational insight, intelligence analysis and geopolitical perspective.He is the founder and chairman of IOSI Global (International Organization for Security & Intelligence) and the driving force behind the Dangerous Times book series, which examines how crime, corruption and terror are eroding democratic institutions and reshaping power in the twenty-first century.Now based in Canada, Johan Obdola continues to advise institutions, speak publicly, and write on issues related to Venezuela, the Americas, and the broader transformation of global security. His books are intended as practical, ethical tools for policymakers, practitioners, researchers and citizens who refuse to look away from uncomfortable realities.