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…
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…
Montes Bobadilla
The Montes Bobadilla clan is a Honduran drug trafficking organization based in the remote village of Francia, in Honduras’ northern…
How Narco Money Could Influence the Presidential Elections in Honduras. Again.
Anti-corruption advocates in Honduras have again raised concerns about the threat of illicit campaign financing ahead of the 2025 elections,…
GameChangers 2024: Narco Money Scandals Reach the Apex of Political Power in the Americas
The year 2024 included some stark reminders that drug trafficking money can reach the highest levels of politics. From Honduras…
GameChangers 2024: Organized Crime Gets Political
Criminal organizations showed this past year that they pose a growing threat to democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean,…
GameChangers 2024: Resistance to Organized Crime Withers
Welcome to GameChangers 2024, where we chronicle the major stories and trend lines of the last 12 months and preview…
Top 5 Most-Read Stories in 2024
In 2024, we didn’t just investigate organized crime. We exposed it. An explosive video, first published by InSight Crime, showed…
Extortion Rise in Honduras Signals Emergence of New Criminal Players
Extortion appears to be increasing in Honduras as smaller gangs fill the gap left by larger groups who are retreating…
Canadian ‘Porn King’ Accused of Looting Honduran Cultural Artifacts
Over 3,500 archaeological items have been recovered from the house of a controversial Canadian property magnate in Honduras, adding to…