GameChangers 2025: Top Criminal Newsmakers This Year
In a year that saw a dramatic reset to the fight against the drug trade and organized crime in the…
On the Radar: Colombia Rejects Tren de Aragua’s Peace Proposal
This week, we cover a mass jailbreak in Guatemala that took the authorities months to discover, and Tren de Aragua…
Gangs, Tattoos, and the Roots of the US Due Process Crisis
Daisy Rodriguez has seen her husband, Santos, just once in the last two years. She flew down to his homeland,…
Screwworm Scare Highlights Ongoing Cattle Trafficking Loopholes in Southern Mexico
Amid growing concerns over the spread of the screwworm parasite, Mexico’s national ranchers union is calling for tougher actions to…
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.…
The Decade-Long Evolution of Latin America’s Homicide Rates
Organized crime — particularly cocaine trafficking — has been the main driver of homicides in Latin America and the Caribbean…
How Criminals Use Art and Culture to Launder Money
Money laundering using works of art, archaeological artifacts, and other cultural assets remains a little-known and under-reported practice in Latin…
Will Arrest of Guatemala’s Most Wanted Fugitive Rattle Drug Underworld?
The arrest of Guatemala’s most wanted fugitive marks a breakthrough in a years-long campaign to dismantle one of the country’s…
