A trend of Ecuadorian criminal leaders turning up in neighboring Colombia underscores the country's role as both a refuge and ...

The recent arrest of Costa Rica’s former security minister and the revelations in his case have shed light on the corruption ...

The K-drugs market keeps booming in Brazil despite alleged attempts by the First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) to ban it, and the nature of the K-drugs business means that the ...

An alleged cattle fraud in Uruguay underlines the financial damage these organized criminal networks can inflict.

A wave of violence against traffic authorities in Ecuador shows how criminal groups look to deepen their control over the ...

Director Jeremy McDermott participated in the annual El PAcCTO 2.0 summit in Lima, offering perspectives on the role of civil ...

Ongoing killings in marginalized areas of Rosario, Argentina suggest recent security initiatives have merely contained gang ...

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Venezuela’s organized crime groups and networks have evolved rapidly over the last decade, exploiting social and political crises that have wracked the country while benefiting from a criminally ...

*This article is the second in a three-part investigation, “Tren de Aragua: From Prison Gang to Transnational Criminal Enterprise,” analyzing how the Venezuelan mega-gang has become the ...

El Salvador is the spiritual homeland of Central America’s most notorious street gangs – the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) and Barrio 18. For years, these gangs terrorized poor urban neighborhoods across ...

InSight Crime dives into the infrastructure, trafficking networks and corruption facilitating organized crime in the Dominican Republic.