Why Bolivia’s $215 Million Radars Are Not Targeting Drug Flights
Nearly seven years after Bolivia spent $215 million on radars to help fight drug trafficking, legal obstacles and a lack…
South America’s Cocaine Supply Boom Shows Up in European Wastewater Analysis
South America’s cocaine boom is feeding the growing consumption of the drug in Europe, the latest wastewater analysis of the…
Can India’s lithium reserves secure its energy independence?
Author: Monika Chaudhary, IIHMR University In February 2023, India’s government announced that the Geological Survey of India found around 5.9…
InSight Crime’s Cocaine Seizure Round-Up 2022
Cocaine seizure figures from Latin America in 2022 suggest traffickers are varying their routes to avoid detection, as authorities get…
Wildlife Protection Treaty Hits 50 Amid Challenges
This March 3, World Wildlife Day coincides with the 50th anniversary of the signing of an international wildlife trafficking treaty…
Bolivia Passenger Buses Carry Contraband Rather Than People
Bus companies in Bolivia are eschewing carrying passengers for carrying a much more profitable cargo: contraband. Over 1,000 passenger buses…
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…
GameChangers 2022: Drug Bonanza Amid Prohibition Challenges in 2023
As more governments in the region reject the drug war and prohibition model pushed by the United States, 2023 will…
Lake Titicaca: A Smuggler’s Paradise in Bolivia and Peru
Lake Titicaca, nestled high in the Andean mountains between Bolivia and Peru, has been many things to many people. The…
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…