Persistent poverty and reduced international aid hinder progress, but organized crime is key in exacerbating the region’s ...

Despite record cocaine seizures in production and transit countries, huge quantities of the drug arrived in consumer markets ...

The Global Investigative Journalism Network noted InSight Crime’s use and coverage of artificial intelligence (AI) this week ...

A report highlights how transnational criminal groups are driving violence in Chile and eroding public security in the north ...

The cyber world is constantly evolving, and criminal groups in Latin America are adapting their modus operandi to make the most of it. InSight Crime spoke to Antonio Nicaso, a professor at Queen’s ...

US authorities have recently linked Latin American gangs like Tren de Aragua to the sale of “pink cocaine,” or “tusi.” But the evidence suggests that tusi is more marketing than chemistry, raising ...

The imperfect peace established in February between Brazil’s two biggest criminal groups has become a failed truce after just two months, as local rivalries trump national orders. The PCC also ...

Authorities in the Mexican state of Michoacán are employing satellite technology to counter water theft, spotlighting the growing threat posed by criminal groups exploiting an increasingly scarce and ...

Corruption is a key component of the arms trafficking networks that funnel state-owned weapons into the hands of organized crime, according to a new report. Corrupt officials divert arms from security ...

Gold traders in Brazil must now prove that they get their metal from legal sources, following a recent Supreme Court ruling that closes a significant legal loophole exploited by organized crime. On ...