US Drone Strike Highlights Sucre’s Role in Venezuela’s Cocaine Corridor
On September 2, a small boat left the coast of Sucre state, Venezuela, and headed into the Caribbean Sea. Moments…
5 New Creative Ways Traffickers Tried to Smuggle Cocaine
The endless growth of the global cocaine trade and the game of whack-a-mole to stop it has propelled innovation and…
Chiquito Malo: Warlord of Colombia’s AGC Crime Conglomerate
Jobanis de Jesús Ávila Villadiego alias ‘Chiquito Malo’ Name Jobanis de Jesús Ávila Villadiego Alias Chiquito Malo Country Colombia Criminal…
The Fall of Fito: What It Means — and Doesn’t — for Ecuador’s Underworld
Ecuadorian security forces captured the country’s most notorious criminal leader in a crucial — though largely symbolic — win in…
‘Cocaine Air’ Explained: Behind the Cocaine Pipeline to Europe
A new Netflix docuseries centered on two pilots traveling aboard a cocaine-laden airplane has revived a drug trafficking case that…
What Iceland’s Cocaine Surge Says About Europe’s Saturated Drug Market
Iceland has already broken its annual cocaine seizure record in the first half of 2025, a sign that Europe’s oversupply…
Is the UAE’s Role as a Safe Haven for Traffickers Waning?
The recent arrest of Albanian cocaine trafficker Dritan Gjika in the United Arab Emirates after more than a decade of…
Under the Radar: What Hundreds of Narco Sub Seizures Tell Us About Global Cocaine Routes
A near-record number of narco submarines were intercepted crossing the Atlantic and Pacific in 2024, with drug-laden vessels appearing in…
InSight Crime’s 2024 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up
Despite record cocaine seizures in production and transit countries, huge quantities of the drug arrived in consumer markets in 2024.…
Ecuador’s Election Sees President Accused of Drug Trade Ties
Drug trafficking accusations levied against a banana company owned by the family of Ecuador President Daniel Noboa may be politicized…