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.…
Amid Global Turmoil, Is Change Afoot in the International Drug Regime?
A historic resolution at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in mid-March may be the beginning of a…
Comuneros del Sur Disarming Marks Small Win for Colombia’s Total Peace
The demobilization of a dissident faction of the ELN is a symbolic step forward for Colombia’s Total Peace policy, which…
Communeros del Sur Disarming Marks Small Win for Colombia’s Total Peace
The demobilization of a dissident faction of the ELN is a symbolic step forward for Colombia’s Total Peace policy, which…
Synthetic Drugs, Cocaine to Europe, and Cyber Crime Booms: EU, US Reports
As political shifts in the United States threaten to hinder anti-narcotics efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized crime…
3 Key Findings on Synthetic Drugs in Latin America and the Caribbean From the INCB
The rapid proliferation of synthetic drugs is reshaping illicit markets worldwide, according to the latest set of reports from the…
Honduras Sees Record Number of Municipalities Growing Coca
Cultivation of coca for cocaine production continued to spread to new municipalities in Honduras in 2024, suggesting that what may…
The Many Lives of Caro Quintero’s Criminal Career
After four decades of successful maneuvering to avoid extradition to the United States, Mexican authorities finally put an end to…
In Historic Move, Mexico Extradites 29 Top Narcos to the United States
Authorities in Mexico extradited an unprecedented number of infamous drug traffickers wanted in the United States in a move that…