The US issued new sanctions against some leaders of the Jalisco Cartel, singling out one member for their alleged role in a ...

Peru doubled the bounty for crime boss “El Monstruo”, making him its most wanted criminal and highlighting growing extortion ...

The debate over the effectiveness of anti-money laundering policies in Argentina has intensified in recent years.

Punitive measures are unlikely to advance efforts to undercut the organized crime groups trafficking illicit fentanyl from ...

Theories abound around the attempted assassination of presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay — none supported by solid ...

The recent arrest of Albanian cocaine trafficker Dritan Gjika in the United Arab Emirates after more than a decade of ...

A new constitutional amendment allows the extradition of Costa Rican nationals for international drug trafficking and ...

In July 2024, storied Sinaloa Cartel boss Ismael Zambada García, alias “El Mayo,” and Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of the now-jailed former kingpin, Joaquín Guzmán alias “El Chapo,” were arrested in ...

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InSight Crime reviews Latin America and the Caribbean’s cocaine seizure date from 2022 to find out what it reveals… Subscribe to our newsletter to receive a weekly digest of the latest organized crime ...

Ecuador’s war on gangs has been in the making for years. But it became official in January 2024, when President Daniel Noboa declared a state of internal armed conflict following a series of seemingly ...

At least 121,695 people were murdered in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2024, putting the median homicide rate at around 20.2 per 100,000 people, about the same rate as 2023. The already ...