Breaking Analysis: LatAm Militaries Are Already Fighting ‘Cartels,’ But Trump Wants More
US President Donald Trump recently introduced the “Americas Counter Cartel Coalition” alongside 17 leaders of different countries around Latin America…
Breaking Analysis: What Does the Killing of ‘El Mencho’ Mean for Mexico’s Drug War?
InSight Crime Investigator Victoria Dittmar and Co-Director Steven Dudley discuss how the killing of CJNG leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias…
On the Radar: Football, Cocaine, and Corruption
How football fuels Paraguay’s drug trade, the latest extradition request from Mexico to the US, and what the latest cocaine…
On the Radar: Power, Corruption, and Criminality
This week, we’re asking what the future might hold for the United States’ relationship with Honduras, what a mass kidnapping…
Video: Are ICE’s Roundups in the United States an Effective Anti-Crime Strategy?
The Trump administration has used the threat of organized crime to justify roundups of suspected undocumented migrants in states across…
Man Who Helped Build Border Wall On U.S.-Mexico Border Persecuted By Biden DOJ Still In Prison One Year After Trump Took Office
Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice is continuing the Biden administration’s posture toward Trump world. Timothy Shea remains the only defendant…
3 Criminal Consequences of Maduro’s Exit From Venezuela
The dramatic arrest of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro this weekend poses three key questions about the future of the criminal…
OBX RACISM: NC State Senate Candidate’s Racist, Murderous Tirade Caught On Tape
A powerful former Senior resident Superior Court Judge running for North Carolina State Senate in the 2026 Republican Party primary…
On the Radar: Violence Spikes in Battles for Control in Haiti, Ecuador, and Mexico
This week we look at surges of violence in Haiti, Ecuador and Mexico, where struggles for territorial and market supremacy…
On the Radar: US Targets and Negotiates with Traffickers
This week, we analyze the US’s anti-drug strategy in South America, a Sinaloa Cartel boss’s guilty plea, and the pardoning…