Cocaine

The Pioneering Albanian Trafficker Who Took Ecuador’s Drug Trade By Storm

by Markus Espinoza and Douwe den Held 4 Jul 20245 Jul 2024

The headquarters of the UNODC in Vienna, Austria

News Drug Policy

Cocaine Surge Fuels Violence as Opium Falls: UN Drug Report 2024

by Christopher Newton 28 Jun 202428 Jun 2024

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández during his extradition to the United States.

News Elites and Crime

Juan Orlando Hernández Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

by Sam Woolston 26 Jun 20241 Jul 2024

Juan Orlando Hernández and Joe Biden

The Rise and Fall of Honduras Ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández

Containers on ships

Drug Traffickers Producing More Cocaine in Europe: EU Report

by Douwe den Held 17 Jun 202417 Jun 2024

Colombia peasants carry loads-of-harvested-coca-leaves-cocaine-erradication-

State Inertia and Organized Crime Limit Colombia’s Coca Substitution Program

by Alicia Florez and Sara Garcia 6 Jun 20246 Jun 2024

Security forces guard a burned drug plane in Colón, Honduras

Central America Drug Flights Fall as Traffickers Shift Methods

by Sam Woolston and Alex Papadovassilakis 29 May 202429 May 2024

Authorities escort an alleged Guatemalan drug trafficker who has been extradited to the United States. Las autoridades escoltan un supuesto narcotraficante guatemalteco, quién fue extraditado hacia los EEUU.

News Elites and Crime

US Turns Screw on Enduring Guatemala Drug Clan

by Alex Papadovassilakis 21 May 202423 May 2024

A soldier signals a helicopter in Rosario, Argentina. Un soldado dirige un helicóptero en Rosario, Argentina.

News Security Policy

Milei’s Economic, Security Policies At Odds in Rosario, Argentina

by Christopher Newton 15 May 202415 May 2024

The Civil Guard pursues a drug boat transporting cocaine on the coast of Huelva at the beginning of April. La Guardia Civil persigue a una narcolancha que transportaba cocaína en la costa de Huelva a principios de abril

Southern Spain Sees Wave of Drug Trafficking

by Beatriz Vicent Fernández 7 May 20247 May 2024

Gangs, Corruption to Test Panama’s New President

by Gavin Voss 6 May 20246 May 2024

Stolen Amazon: The Roots of Environmental Crime in Bolivia

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