The 3 Biggest Threats to Indigenous Communities in Peru’s Amazon
In Peru’s Amazon, Indigenous communities face an escalating threat from organized crime, yet remain largely invisible to the state, according…
Peru Massacre Exposes Mining Gangs’ Power
The massacre of 13 mine workers highlights how Peru’s mining gangs have developed into criminal behemoths. The bodies of the…
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.…
6 Illegal Economies Threatening Latin America’s Ecosystems
Criminal organizations behind environmental crimes and other illicit economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are placing the region’s vast…
Organized Crime Cashes In on Record Gold Prices
Gold trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean has never been more profitable. Prices of the precious metal surged over…
Debunking 3 Myths About Tren de Aragua
US President Donald Trump has put the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua at the center of his immigration enforcement efforts.…
More Victims Seek Police Help With Rising Extortion in Peru
Reports of extortion are rising again in Peru, suggesting the crime is becoming increasingly common and victims are more willing…
The Criminal Creep of Ecuador’s Gangs Into Peru
As unknown men marched through a rural indigenous community in Peru’s Amazonian province of Condorcanqui, residents looked on with a…
The Women Working the Streets
Paulina has worked as a sex worker on the streets of Lima, the capital of Peru, for 15 years. With…
The Women Enslaved by Fines
When Isabel* accepted a job as a saleswoman in Peru from her cousin, Catalina*, she never imagined that months later,…