How Trump’s Team Could Impact Anti-Crime Efforts in LatAm
As the new Trump administration takes office, Latin America braces for shifts in US policy, with organized crime high on…
Global Pressure Mounts: Venezuela, Bounties, and Crime
The US wanted poster offering a $25 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro is…
Maduro Inauguration to Consolidate Criminal Regime in Venezuela
After what appeared to be a stolen election, Nicolás Maduro today assumes another six-year mandate as Venezuela’s president. Heading a…
GameChangers 2024: Global Cocaine Networks and Trump 2
Increased cocaine production delivered an extra $25 billion in earnings to transnational organized crime in 2024, ensuring greater criminal sophistication…
GameChangers 2024: Crime Cashes in on Migration Boom
As a growing number of people fled their homes across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024, migrant smuggling completed…
Extortion Rise in Honduras Signals Emergence of New Criminal Players
Extortion appears to be increasing in Honduras as smaller gangs fill the gap left by larger groups who are retreating…
Two US-Mexico Border Sheriffs, Two Visions on Immigration and Security
It was well after dark in southeastern Arizona, and the temperature had dipped close to freezing. Outside the Cochise County…
Ex-Intel Official Explains Chile’s Organized Crime Explosion
For decades, Chile enjoyed an enviable position in South America, seemingly relatively untouched by the violence that organized crime had…
Latin American Drug Traffickers Evade Authorities With Unmanned Vessels and Chemical Innovations
Latin American drug networks are increasingly using unmanned vessels and employing new methods to chemically transform cocaine to move large…
Venezuela Businesses Increasingly Need Dollars. Loansharks Are Taking Advantage.
In February 2024, two young men started hanging out in a store in the central Venezuelan state of Lara. The…