InSight Crime’s 2023 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up
Record cocaine production and high demand for the drug contributed to criminal violence across Latin America and the Caribbean in…
The Surinamese Cocaine Trafficker Endlessly Evading Justice
Surinamese drug trafficker Brian Blue remains at large months after InSight Crime exposed his suspected ties to the country’s vice…
Juan Orlando Hernández Declared Guilty on Drug Trafficking Charges
Honduran ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández has been convicted of drug trafficking and weapons charges by a jury in New York.…
Unmasking the Foreign Players on Ecuador’s Criminal Chessboard
Ecuador declared war on 22 domestic drug trafficking gangs in January, proclaiming them terrorist organizations and arresting over 11,000 suspects.…
InSight Crime’s 2023 Homicide Round-Up
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Ecuador Faces a Tangled Web in Its War on Gangs
Ecuador’s numerous gangs boast significant territorial presence and a diversity of funding streams that will pose a formidable challenge to…
Smuggled Migrants Face Deadly Waters in San Andrés, Colombia
On December 17, 2022, José Gregorio Roa lost track of his wife and daughter, who had set out on a…
Why Have Ecuador’s Drug Trafficking Gangs Turned to Extortion?
The number of extortion cases recorded in Ecuador has skyrocketed over the past year, suggesting that the country’s fragmenting criminal…
DataInSights: What Is Behind Rising Violence in Bahia, Brazil?
Rival criminal factions are targeting civilians as they battle for territorial control across Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia, with a…
Disputes Over Drug Trafficking Routes Drive Child Recruitment in Ecuador
Over the past year, Ecuadorian news outlets have featured countless headlines about the alleged participation of minors in all kinds…