More Punitive US Measures Unlikely to Curb Fentanyl Trafficking
Lawmakers in the United States have made permanent a federal policy that established harsher penalties for trafficking illicit fentanyl and…
Murders May Be Dropping But the Cost of Crime Is Rising in Mexico
Violence in Mexico cost the country hundreds of billions of dollars in 2024 despite the country becoming moderately more peaceful,…
Synthetic Drugs in LatAm Are DEA’s Top Concern
Synthetic drugs remain the DEA’s top concern, the agency stated in its latest National Drug Threat Assessment, outlining several key…
The US Is Panicking About Tusi. But Should it Be?
US authorities have recently linked Latin American gangs like Tren de Aragua to the sale of “pink cocaine,” or “tusi.”…
Transnational Organized Crime Is Feeding Growing Violence in Chile
A first-of-its kind report has highlighted how transnational criminal groups are driving violence in Chile and eroding public security in…
The New Rules of Engagement in Sinaloa’s Latest Crime Wars
A group of armed men stormed into a drug rehab facility in the city of Culiacán, Mexico, at around 2:00…
Amid Global Turmoil, Is Change Afoot in the International Drug Regime?
A historic resolution at the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in mid-March may be the beginning of a…
Synthetic Drugs, Cocaine to Europe, and Cyber Crime Booms: EU, US Reports
As political shifts in the United States threaten to hinder anti-narcotics efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized crime…
3 Key Findings on Synthetic Drugs in Latin America and the Caribbean From the INCB
The rapid proliferation of synthetic drugs is reshaping illicit markets worldwide, according to the latest set of reports from the…
Can Mexico’s President Appease Trump With Anti-Crime Crackdown?
Authorities in Mexico have carried out a series of unprecedented security operations in a crackdown on the country’s top criminal…