Digging Into a Toxic Trade: Illegal Mining in Amazon Tri-Border Regions
Illegal mining is by far the most widespread and insidious environmental crime occurring in the Amazon’s tri-border regions. In the…
Beneath the Surface of Timber Trafficking on the Peru-Colombia-Brazil Border
Once untouched forest is now feeling the predatory hands of timber traffickers in the Amazon’s two tri-border regions. Illegal loggers…
Corrupt Officials Key to Trafficking Networks in Venezuela
The recent arrest of a military officer involved in a human trafficking ring in Venezuela exposes the oft-ignored and covert…
Venezuela’s Corrupt Officials Key to Human Trafficking Networks
The recent arrest of a military officer involved in a human trafficking ring in Venezuela exposes the oft-ignored and covert…
Has Narco-Money Once Again Infiltrated Political Campaigns in Colombia?
The Colombian president’s son has admitted accepting money from known criminals to finance his father’s campaign, much of which he…
Guerrilla Resurrection: Shifts in Power Among Colombia’s Ex-FARC Mafia
As one former rebel leader reappears and urges his army to continue a losing fight, a rival dissident faction is…
InSight Crime Leads Discussion on Gender and Fentanyl in Central America
Nine InSight Crime articles were cited by Deborah Bonello in her new book, “Narcas: The Secret Rise of Women in…
El Salvador Escalates Gang Crackdown With New Measures
With the deployment of thousands of soldiers to rural El Salvador and new legislation permitting the trial of hundreds of…
Women in the Room: Q&A With Narcas Author Deborah Bonello
A new book by journalist Deborah Bonello examines the roles women play in organized crime and argues that their participation…
The Shattered Mafia Behind Criminal Chaos in Zulia, Venezuela
Listen to this article This audio was generated using text-to-speech software Over Carnival weekend, as families crowded into Maracaibo’s small,…