Punitive measures are unlikely to advance efforts to undercut the organized crime groups trafficking illicit fentanyl from ...

Venezuelan organized crime has taken root in the Essequibo region as Venezuela escalates claims to this Guyanese territory.

Theories abound around the attempted assassination of presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay — none supported by solid ...

The recent arrest of Albanian cocaine trafficker Dritan Gjika in the United Arab Emirates after more than a decade of ...

Brazil's organized crime groups are driving legitimate internet providers out to expand their provision of illegal internet ...

Environmental defenders in Mexico are facing increasingly lethal attacks as organized crime deepens its role in land ...

Operations by Ecuador’s military following a historic massacre will do little to slow the country's lucrative illegal mining ...

A new constitutional amendment allows the extradition of Costa Rican nationals for international drug trafficking and ...

At least 121,695 people were murdered in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2024, putting the median homicide rate at around 20.2 per 100,000 people, about the same rate as 2023. The already ...

InSight Crime reviews Latin America and the Caribbean’s cocaine seizure date from 2022 to find out what it reveals… Subscribe to our newsletter to receive a weekly digest of the latest organized crime ...

The Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) is the hemisphere’s largest, most formidable and increasingly its most sophisticated street gang. This ongoing investigative series tackles its evolution from various ...

In 2020, the US Department of Justice released a bombshell indictment charging sitting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other senior members of his government with “narco-terrorism” and ...