Legal Frameworks to Protect the Amazon Are Being Sorely Tested
Environmental crime thrives across the Amazon as a result of low state resilience. Some efforts have been made to combat…
Corruption: The Common Source of Environmental Crime in the Amazon
Corruption facilitates environmental crime across Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana, and Suriname. Entrepreneurial criminal networks are propped up by legal actors,…
Wildlife Trafficking Preys on the Amazon Basin
The Amazon rainforest is one of the world’s most biodiverse regions. Bolivia is considered a “megadiverse country.” Over 48,000 animal…
Beneath The Surface of Illegal Gold Mining in the Amazon
As gold prices have skyrocketed, a boom in mining across the Amazon Basin has flourished, leaving a deep environmental footprint.…
Fueling Forest Loss: Motors of Deforestation in the Amazon
The Amazon Basin is covered by nearly eight million square kilometers of tropical forest, which equate to an area more…
Amazon Rainforest Under Attack From All Sides
The Amazon Basin is being cut down at an accelerating rate. Environmental crime is driving soaring deforestation and has created…
Why Are Murders Spreading Across Argentina’s Most Violent City?
The city of Rosario, Argentina, is on track to beat its homicide record set a decade ago, demonstrating the changed…
Telegram Becoming Drug Dealing Marketplace of Choice in Argentina
A series of arrests of drug dealers in Argentina has highlighted the increasingly popular role of Telegram in drug dealing…
Top Milwaukee Elections Official Now Facing Fraud Charges After Creating Fake Military Ballots
ADVERTISEMENT A recently fired Milwaukee elections official told investigators that she requested three military ballots in the names of voters…
Top Milwaukee Elections Official Now Facing Fraud Charges After Creating Fake Military Ballots
ADVERTISEMENT A recently fired Milwaukee elections official told investigators that she requested three military ballots in the names of voters…