Shining Path
The Shining Path or the Militarized Communist Party of Peru (Militarizado Partido Comunista de Peru – MPCP) is the last…
Venezuelan Women at Risk From Expanding Trafficking Rings
On November 29, 2022, the Monagas family heard from Lismar Monagas for the last time. Since then, the family has…
The Poisonous Mercury Trade
Mercury, employed by miners to extract gold from soil and sediment, is smuggled daily in bottles across Bolivia’s borders with…
Financial Vulnerability Fuels Predatory Crime in Peru
Widespread financial vulnerability is driving criminal competition in Peru, leading to skyrocketing cases of loan sharking and extortion. Cases of…
InSight Crime’s 2023 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up
Record cocaine production and high demand for the drug contributed to criminal violence across Latin America and the Caribbean in…
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.…
InSight Crime’s 2023 Homicide Round-Up
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Peruvian Gold Mining Gangs Launch Increasingly Brazen Attacks
The growth of gold mining gangs in Peru’s La Libertad province has led to a deteriorating security situation, with unprecedented…
GameChangers 2023: The Cocaine Flash-to-Bang in 2024
Coca prices have collapsed in parts of Colombia amid record hectares of cultivation. Could oversupply do what years of eradication…
GameChangers 2023: A Win Against Deforestation in the Amazon, For Now
Rates of deforestation decreased significantly during the last year in Colombia and Brazil, two Amazonian nations that have historically been…