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…
Panama Became Logistics Hub for Drug Trafficking ‘Super Cartel’
Panama’s role as a sophisticated drug trafficking hub, not a mere cocaine transit point, was revealed when the country was…
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…
Was a Super Cartel Really Controlling Europe’s Drug Trade?
The arrest of a top Balkan drug trafficker in Dubai has revealed how some of Europe’s leading drug traffickers were…
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…
The ‘Ndrangheta Connection to Colombia’s Paramilitaries
Salvatore Mancuso, one of the most powerful paramilitary commanders in Colombia, and Giorgio Sale, a well-connected Italian businessman, helped each…
Ex-FARC Civil War in Putumayo Tests Colombia Government’s Resolve
An unending war between feuding guerrilla factions for control of Colombia’s coca-rich southern state of Putumayo continues to claim dozens…
Ecuador Prison Quietly Released Top Albanian Cocaine Kingpin
News has emerged that Ecuadorean prison authorities quietly released one of Europe’s most notorious cocaine traffickers last year, in a…
Corruption, Cocaine, and Gold: Interview With Suriname’s President Santokhi
Suriname, South America’s smallest country, is facing multiple criminal challenges. It is a cocaine transit route to Europe, an illegal…