China and Crime

Investigations Bolivia

Poachers’ Safe Haven: Bolivian Amazon Plundered for Wildlife

by Juan Diego Cárdenas 2 May 20249 May 2024

Investigations Fentanyl

The Synthetic Silk Road: Tracing China’s Grey-Market Precursor Chemical Trade

by 穆小姐 5 Apr 202431 May 2024

Presidentes de ambos países posan en evento de cooperación,

China’s New Fentanyl Controls May Impact Production in Mexico

by Sara Garcia 29 Nov 202329 Nov 2023

A marijuana plantation owned by the Bang group in Spain

News China and Crime

Why Chinese Mafias Are Moving Into Chile

by Chris Dalby 14 Sep 202313 Oct 2023

Masked robbers, wearing bulletproof vests, boarding a train and quickly transferring copper cathodes onto a truck next to the train

Chile’s Copper Industry Under Siege as Robbers Attack Ports and Trains

by Henry Shuldiner 19 Jan 202313 Oct 2023

Traffickers in Hong Kong gathered half a ton of cocaine ahead of New Year's Eve.

News China and Crime

Hong Kong Traffickers Receive Cocaine From Across Latin America

by Henry Shuldiner 11 Jan 202312 May 2024

Laundered dollars hanging on a rope with clothespins

News Money Laundering

How Latin America’s Synthetic Drug Traffickers Launder Dirty Cash

by Scott Mistler-Ferguson 9 Dec 202213 Oct 2023

Map of Ecuador, Colombia, Venzuela, Suriname, Guyana, and Bolivia with pictures of a Jaguar, Monkey, Turtle, and Bird

Investigations Environmental Crime

Wildlife Trafficking Preys on the Amazon Basin

by Juan Diego Cárdenas and Katie Jones 9 Nov 202213 Oct 2023

Map of Venezuela, Suriname, and Guyana with trucks carrying illegally mined material

Investigations Environmental Crime

Beneath The Surface of Illegal Gold Mining in the Amazon

by Katie Jones, Javier Lizcano and María Fernanda Ramírez 8 Nov 202213 Oct 2023

Speedboats belonging to the Uruguayan Navy surround a Chinese fishing vessel

Squid Game – Uruguay Navy Chases and Captures Chinese Fishing Vessel

by Chris Dalby 6 Jul 202213 Oct 2023

The leader of the Chinese Mafia in La Plata, Ke Deqiang

News China and Crime

Argentina Police Fail to Break Chinese Mafia

by Scott Mistler-Ferguson 6 Jun 202213 Oct 2023

Aerial view of Hong Kong at daytime

News

Hong Kong – East Asia’s Entry Point for Mexican Methamphetamine?

by Scott Mistler-Ferguson 15 Apr 202213 Oct 2023

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