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…
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…