‘Clan Farruku’ Arrests Highlight Albanians’ Latin America Cocaine Connections
Spanish authorities have dismantled an Albanian criminal group that trafficked cocaine from Latin America across Europe, showcasing the increasing importance…
Spanish Mega Lab Raises Questions About Cocaine Production in Europe
Spanish police have uncovered Europe’s largest-ever cocaine-producing laboratory, but despite such finds, cocaine production on the continent likely remains in…
Chile Hands New Powers to Police as Security Deteriorates
Chile has given police greater leeway to use force against criminal suspects, but this hasty response to a wave of…
5 Takeaways From US Indictments of Chapitos, Associates
US prosecutors have taken aim at one of Mexico’s most powerful drug trafficking enterprises, the Chapitos, in a series of…
Media Looks to InSight Crime for Ecuador Knowledge
As Ecuador’s security crisis worsens, global media outlets have called on InSight Crime to provide expert knowledge on the criminal…
Ecuador Gang Massacre Highlights Intensified Fight for Drug Routes
A massacre in Ecuador’s northern port city of Esmeraldas has underlined how competition over cocaine trafficking routes is contributing to…
Russia Emerges as Alternative Route for Cocaine Headed to Europe
Another major cocaine seizure on Russian territory suggests that the country may be becoming a transit point for cocaine to…
Inside the Evaporating Black Market for Gasoline in Zulia, Venezuela
The black market for gasoline is quickly disappearing in Venezuela’s oil-rich state of Zulia as changing government policies and supply…
Paraguay Shown as Key Link in Bolivia-Europe Cocaine Route
Authorities in South America and Europe have dealt a blow to a trans-Atlantic drug trafficking network in an operation that…
Paraguay Anti-Marijuana Operations Barely Dent Production in Amambay
Authorities have destroyed mammoth amounts of cannabis on the border of Paraguay and Brazil in the latest in a series…