5 Criminal Figures Who Helped Develop Venezuela’s System of Corruption
The arrest of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on drug trafficking charges on January 3 brought into…
Report Puts International Banks, Honduras Elites at Center of Berta Cáceres Murder
The murder of renowned Indigenous activist and environmental defender Berta Cáceres in Honduras in 2016 was an organized criminal operation…
How Maduro’s Ouster Will Shift Criminal Dynamics in Venezuela
US President Donald Trump insisted that the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has removed the “kingpin of a vast…
Corruption Looms Over Record Marijuana Seizure in Paraguay
Forty police officers are under investigation after Paraguay’s anti-drug unit made a record-breaking marijuana seizure, in a case that underscores…
Could Armed Groups Backed by Maduro Resist a US Invasion of Venezuela?
With the United States weighing up a military intervention to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power, the criminal organizations…
The Drug Case Against the Former Honduras President Trump Wants to Pardon
US President Donald Trump’s plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández belie the evidence US prosecutors used to…
What’s Behind Costa Rica’s ‘First’ Transnational Criminal Organization?
Authorities in Costa Rica are on high alert after uncovering the so-called South Caribbean Cartel, reportedly the country’s first transnational…
How Argentina’s ‘Bribe Books’ Case Could Take Down an Ex-President
The largest corruption case in Argentina’s history, known as the “Bribe Books” (“Cuadernos de las Coimas”) case, began its public…
New Charges in Emblematic Murder Case Shake Ecuador’s Political Landscape
Ecuadorian prosecutors have charged former Interior Minister José Serrano with helping plan the high-profile assassination of a presidential candidate in…
US Sanctions Mischaracterize Venezuela’s Cartel of the Suns
The US government’s new sanctions against Venezuela’s so-called “Cartel of the Suns” incorrectly portray it as a hierarchical, ideologically driven…