Ecuador Prison Quietly Released Top Albanian Cocaine Kingpin
News has emerged that Ecuadorean prison authorities quietly released one of Europe’s most notorious cocaine traffickers last year, in a…
Like Crime, Our Coverage Knows No Borders
The nature of global organized crime means that while InSight Crime focuses on Latin America, we also follow criminal dynamics…
Corruption, Cocaine, and Gold: Interview With Suriname’s President Santokhi
Suriname, South America’s smallest country, is facing multiple criminal challenges. It is a cocaine transit route to Europe, an illegal…
Violence Rising in Hidalgo, Mexico’s Oil Theft Center
Mexico’s ordinarily quiet state of Hidalgo is seeing a rapid rise in violence connected to an increase in oil theft,…
PA House Votes to Impeach Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner
ADVERTISEMENT Last Updated on November 16, 2022 Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner was impeached by the Pennsylvania House Wednesday with…
Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, CJNG Share Fentanyl Chemical Suppliers
Despite being locked in fierce competition over control of a wide array of criminal economies, Mexico’s two most powerful organized…
Peru, Chile Prisons May Struggle to Contain Tren de Aragua
The capture of more Tren de Aragua members is testing the capacity of Peru and Chile’s prison systems to contain…
Uruguay’s Gang Wars Worsen in Montevideo Neighborhoods
The neighborhoods of Villa Española and Peñarol in Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo, have been at the crux of fighting between local…
Using Data to Expose Crime
Co-director Jeremy McDermott made a virtual presentation at a conference hosted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime…
From Deception to Demand: US Fentanyl Users Now Want Fentanyl
While addicted to opioids, 35-year-old Sherman Oaks native Matt Meakin once lived in Skid Row, a permanent, decades-old, sprawling homeless…