InSight Crime’s 2025 Homicide Round-Up
Despite the widespread use of states of emergency, the increasingly militarized response to organized crime, and the growth of criminal…
The State of Play: US Anti-Drug Cooperation in Latin America
Since US President Richard Nixon declared drugs public enemy number one in the 1970s and created the Drug Enforcement Administration…
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.…
InSight Crime’s 2024 Homicide Round-Up
At least 121,695 people were murdered in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2024, putting the median homicide rate at…
Why Do Latin American Governments Keep Betting on States of Emergency?
Several Latin American countries have recently declared or prolonged states of emergency aimed at combating organized crime, even though the…
InSight Crime’s 2023 Homicide Round-Up
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Organized Crime Blamed for Half of Latin America’s Homicides
Organized crime is responsible for at least half of the homicides in Latin America and the Caribbean, home to the…
A History of the Caribbean’s Most Powerful Drug Kingpins
Caribbean countries have seized record amounts of cocaine in recent months, but the roots of the region’s persistence as a…
4 Takeaways From CARICOM Firearms Report
Gang violence driving the Caribbean’s high homicide levels is being fueled by US firearms, according to a report released as…
Across the Americas, Governments Aim to Rein in Flow of Guns
Latin American leaders are renewing their commitment to confront arms trafficking, but it remains unclear how much of a dent…