InSight Crime’s 2025 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up
As the United States drags the drug war back in time, traffickers are leaping forward, creating new ways of disguising…
Police Crisis Tests Security Strategy in Rosario, Argentina’s Organized Crime Hub
The heat in Rosario, Argentina’s most homicidal city, is infernal. The concrete sidewalks sizzle like hotplates, threatening to scorch the…
InSight Crime’s 2025 Homicide Round-Up
Despite the widespread use of states of emergency, the increasingly militarized response to organized crime, and the growth of criminal…
The State of Play: US Anti-Drug Cooperation in Latin America
Since US President Richard Nixon declared drugs public enemy number one in the 1970s and created the Drug Enforcement Administration…
GameChangers 2025: Cryptocurrency Is Now in the Criminal Mainstream
A decade ago, Latin America’s criminal groups were starting to experiment with cryptocurrency, but in 2025, they went all in.…
What a ‘Historic’ Marijuana Seizure Says About Smuggling Dynamics in Argentina
A recent seizure of nearly 10 tons of marijuana in Argentina was portrayed by the government as an historic blow…
How Argentina’s ‘Bribe Books’ Case Could Take Down an Ex-President
The largest corruption case in Argentina’s history, known as the “Bribe Books” (“Cuadernos de las Coimas”) case, began its public…
On the Radar: Elites in the Spotlight for Criminal Ties
In this week’s edition, we look at two Guyanese gold magnates indicted by a US court for fraud and money…
Triple Murder Streamed Online Underscores Fears of Escalating Violence in Argentina
The livestreamed torture and killing of three women at the hands of a drug gang has rattled Argentina and underscored…
Diesel Subsidy Cut Could Make Fuel Theft Worse in Ecuador
Fuel theft has spiked in Ecuador as security forces grapple with a growing front in the country’s crime war that…