Gold Mining: A State-Sanctioned Scourge in Bolivia
Bolivia is in the midst of a gold rush caused by record gold prices and growing international demand. This gold…
Drug Trafficking Creeps into Bolivia’s Amazon National Parks
Bolivia is the world’s third-largest producer of coca, after Colombia and Peru, and a key crossroads for cocaine and other…
Protected Areas: Illegal Timber Strongholds in the Bolivian Amazon
For years in Bolivia, high-value woods like cedar and the mara variety of mahogany have been felled to feed domestic…
Vanishing Trees and Lakes: Deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon
Deforestation has reached alarming levels in Bolivia. The main driver of tree cover loss – loss of the canopy –…
Bolivian Amazon Faces Threats From All Sides
In Bolivia, prospectors are digging craters and poisoning rivers in Madidi National Park. This natural treasure stretches from the Andes…
What Cliver Alcalá’s Sentencing Means for Venezuela’s Cartel of the Suns
The United States has sentenced a former Venezuelan military official for his role as a high-ranking member of the so-called…
Violence in Valle del Cauca Highlights Rise of Gang Massacres in Colombia
A spate of massacres in the southwestern Colombian department of Valle del Cauca illustrates how small urban gangs are increasingly…
Police Corruption Jeopardizes Drug Trafficking Trial in Spain
The alleged involvement of a high-ranking Spanish police officer in cocaine smuggling threatens to undermine a drug trafficking trial and…
InSight Crime Receives Prestigious Ortega and Gasset Award in Barcelona
InSight Crime reporters traveled to Barcelona, Spain, to collect the prestigious Ortega and Gasset prize for our investigation, The Moskitia:…
InSight Crime Investigations Drive Data Journalism
This week, data from one of InSight Crime’s flagship products, the 2023 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up, was featured in a data…