Argentina’s Presidential Candidates Promise Hardline Responses to Rising Insecurity
Argentines will vote for their next president on October 22. Despite coming from distinct ideological camps, the leading candidates all…
Is the Fentanyl Market Expanding Across Latin America?
Latin American countries have raised alarms about increases in medical fentanyl seizures in recent months. While there is some cause…
DataInSights: The Rise and Fall of Ransom Kidnappings in Argentina
Ransom kidnapping in Argentina reached an all-time low of only four cases in the first quarter of 2023, the culmination…
New Strategies in Rosario, Argentina, as Monos Fight
The ongoing fragmentation of Argentina’s most powerful criminal group, the Monos, has led to a strategic rethink about how security…
InSight Crime’s 2022 Homicide Round-Up
Countries across Latin America and the Caribbean continued to experience high murder rates in 2022, as cocaine production reached new…
E-Scooter Is Vehicle of Choice for Fashionable Argentina Traffickers
A number of arrests in Argentina have shown how drug dealers are willing to go the extra mile to get…
How Did the Castedo Clan Run the Drug Trade in Northern Argentina?
The prison sentence handed down in early December to the leader of the Castedo Clan, one of Argentina’s major cocaine…
Cocaine Brokers: The Flexible Backbone of the ’Ndrangheta Trafficking Empire
Rocco Morabito could see beachfront bars from his hotel room in João Pessoa, in the Brazilian state of Paraíba. He…
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…