A trend of Ecuadorian criminal leaders turning up in neighboring Colombia underscores the country's role as both a refuge and ...

An alleged cattle fraud in Uruguay underlines the financial damage these organized criminal networks can inflict.

The K-drugs market keeps booming in Brazil despite alleged attempts by the First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) to ban it, and the nature of the K-drugs business means that the ...

The recent arrest of Costa Rica’s former security minister and the revelations in his case have shed light on the corruption and drug trafficking networks engulfing the government in what may be the ...

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 ...

Investigator Parker Asmann participated in the annual North American Forum, co-hosted by the Institute of the Americas in San Diego, offering insights on the impact of organized crime […] ...

A wave of violence against traffic authorities in Ecuador shows how criminal groups look to deepen their control over the ...

The Trump administration repeatedly conflates immigration and transnational organized crime in rhetoric, policies, and enforcement strategies.

Ongoing killings in marginalized areas of Rosario, Argentina suggest recent security initiatives have merely contained gang ...

Director Jeremy McDermott participated in the annual El PAcCTO 2.0 summit in Lima, offering perspectives on the role of civil ...

El Salvador is the spiritual homeland of Central America’s most notorious street gangs – the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) and Barrio 18. For years, these gangs terrorized poor urban neighborhoods across ...

A border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana is turning violent after attacks on Guyanese security forces. Could the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro be using criminal gangs to provoke ...