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Arms Trafficking

Posted inNews Contraband

Data InSights: Latin America Smugglers Opt for Commercial Flights

by Juliana Manjarrés 3 Jun 202412 Jun 2024
Posted inNews Mexico

Why Are There More Women in Mexican Prisons for Organized Crime?

by Daniela Valle 13 May 20243 Jul 2024
A graffiti tag on a blue house marks AGC territory in Acandí, Colombia. Una etiqueta de graffiti en una casa azul marca el territorio de los AGC en Acandí, Colombia.
Posted inNews Colombia

Q&A: How the AGC Threatens Colombia’s Plans for Total Peace

by Henry Shuldiner 2 Apr 20242 Apr 2024
Ex-President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández was found guilty of drug trafficking in New York. El expresidente hondureño Juan Orlando Hernández ha sido declarado culpable de cargos de narcotráfico por un jurado de Nueva York.
Posted inNews Juan Orlando Hernández

Juan Orlando Hernández Declared Guilty on Drug Trafficking Charges

by Sam Woolston 8 Mar 202426 Jun 2024
Marcola being escorted by federal police after hospital visit in 2020.
Marcola siendo escoltado por policías federales tras una visita al hospital en 2020.
Posted inNews Brazil

Despite Rumors of a Split, PCC Remains United

by Beatriz Vicent Fernández 7 Mar 202411 Mar 2024
Ecuadorian soldiers patrol a street in Quito. Militares ecuatorianos patrullan una calle en Quito.
Posted inNews Cocaine

Unmasking the Foreign Players on Ecuador’s Criminal Chessboard

by Anastasia Austin and Henry Shuldiner 7 Mar 20243 Apr 2024
A sign in Upper Dibe Road, St James with the 6 or Sixx gang markings.
Posted inNews Homicides

Does Music Drive Crime in Trinidad and Tobago?

by Juliana Manjarrés 16 Feb 202416 Feb 2024
Posted inNews Security Policy

Venezuela 2024: Elections and Criminal Consolidation

Avatar photo by Venezuela Investigative Unit 31 Jan 20242 Feb 2024
Rifles incautados durante la Operación Dakovo.
Posted inNews Arms Trafficking

Arms Trafficking Case Puts Europe-Paraguay Pipeline on the Map

by Beatriz Vicent Fernández 11 Jan 202411 Jan 2024
Posted inNews Homicides

Organized Crime Blamed for Half of Latin America’s Homicides

by Dario Migliorini 22 Dec 202322 Dec 2023
Prisoners at the door of an overloaded jail cell in Brazil.
Posted inNews

Firearms, Disappearances, Prison Overcrowding: Brazil’s Problems Are Getting Worse

by Chris Dalby 1 Aug 20237 Dec 2023
Posted inNews Venezuela

How Grenades Became a Common Part of Venezuela’s Criminal Arsenal

Avatar photo by Venezuela Investigative Unit 7 Jun 202313 Oct 2023

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