Q&A: Europe Steps Up Work with Latin America Against Criminal Networks
The European Union has stepped up support to Latin America and the Caribbean, aware that growing alliances between European and…
The Rise of Global Crime Networks: European Mafias in the Americas
The expansion of foreign criminal groups into Latin America has taken on a new dimension in the last decade, with…
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.…
Sebastián Marset
Sebastián Marset is Uruguay’s most famous drug trafficker and the leader of an international network known as the First Uruguayan…
Was a Super Cartel Really Controlling Europe’s Drug Trade?
The arrest of a top Balkan drug trafficker in Dubai has revealed how some of Europe’s leading drug traffickers were…
Cocaine Brokers: The Flexible Backbone of the ’Ndrangheta Trafficking Empire
Rocco Morabito could see beachfront bars from his hotel room in João Pessoa, in the Brazilian state of Paraíba. He…
The ‘Ndrangheta Connection to Colombia’s Paramilitaries
Salvatore Mancuso, one of the most powerful paramilitary commanders in Colombia, and Giorgio Sale, a well-connected Italian businessman, helped each…