Europe’s Weakest Border? Smuggling Between Suriname and French Guiana
Stuart Codrington favors the direct approach. Within five minutes of our interview starting, the Surinamese border control officer grabs his…
How Scrap Metal Became a Criminal Enterprise in Venezuela
Venezuela’s nationalization of the scrap metal industry opened the doors to a state-sponsored free-for-all, with public officials, private companies, military…
A History of the Caribbean’s Most Powerful Drug Kingpins
Caribbean countries have seized record amounts of cocaine in recent months, but the roots of the region’s persistence as a…
InSight Crime’s Chemical Precursor Report Widely Cited
We are proud to see that our recently published investigation into the supply chain of chemical precursors feeding Mexico’s synthetic…
Football to return to Alice Springs’ premier sports oval as AFLNT, council reach ‘workable solution’
Community and town-based football competitions will go ahead this season at Traeger Park, ending a months-long stoush between the football…
Mexican Groups’ Recruitment Tactics Unveiled In New Study
Recruiters for Mexican criminal groups sway prospective members with promises of social belonging, according to a new study that highlights…
Ecuador’s Choneros To Fragment Further After Ex-Leader’s Murder
The murder of a notorious Ecuadorian gang leader, Junior Roldán, alias “JR,” in Colombia reveals how fragmentation has diminished the…
Mexico’s Laws to Regulate Chemicals Work on Paper But Not in Practice
Since Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office in 2018, his morning press conferences have been a way for…
Chemists and ‘Cooks’: How Fentanyl Kills
Juan Manuel Delgado Cárdenas was months away from completing his studies in pharmaceutical chemistry and biology at the Autonomous University…
‘Bwa Kale’ Vigilante Movement Challenging Haiti’s Gangs
Anti-gang vigilantism is spreading and gaining public support amid escalating insecurity in Haiti, raising the possibility that such movements could…