Honduras Just Killed Its Best Drug War Weapon
The Honduran government announced that it plans to end its extradition agreement with the United States in a move that…
US Customs Makes Historic Fentanyl Seizure
A massive seizure of the drug suggests that fentanyl production is thriving in Mexico, despite a ban by certain criminal…
Cocaine Surge Fuels Violence as Opium Falls: UN Drug Report 2024
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released its annual drug report, highlighting the manifold destruction caused by…
Drug Traffickers Producing More Cocaine in Europe: EU Report
Some cocaine production has shifted from Latin America to Europe, as criminal groups explore new trafficking methods and authorities boost…
US Drug Overdose Deaths Are Dropping, and Here’s Why
When Dennis Cauchon started to notice a sharp drop in drug overdose deaths in the fall of 2023 in the…
State Inertia and Organized Crime Limit Colombia’s Coca Substitution Program
Changes in the leadership of Colombia’s illicit crop substitution program and problems in its implementation raise questions about how organized…
In Battle to Slow Precursor Chemicals in Mexico, Public-Private Partnerships are a Path Not Taken
It was days before Super Bowl LVI in February 2022, the biggest guacamole day of the year in the United…
How Do Mexico’s Presidential Candidates Plan to Tackle Organized Crime?
Mexico’s presidential candidates are proposing mostly ambiguous security measures that fail to address the complexity of organized crime in the…
Central America Drug Flights Fall as Traffickers Shift Methods
Aerial cocaine interdictions have fallen sharply in Central America in the last three years, suggesting that drug traffickers are shifting…
DEA’s Emphasis on Defeating Cartels Oversimplifies Fentanyl Industry
The Drug Enforcement Administration’s “National Drug Threat Assessment 2024” presents Mexican cartels as the hegemonic force behind the United States’…