Children serve in a wide range of roles in criminal organizations: errand boy, landmine builder, frontline combatant and assassin. In this, the second of a three-part investigation by InSight Crime…
In Colombia, Child Soldiers Play Many Roles
NEWS
/ 8 APR 2021
Children serve in a wide range of roles in criminal organizations: errand boy, landmine builder, frontline combatant and assassin. In this, the second of a three-part investigation by InSight Crime…
NEWS
Are Cartels Connected to Booming Truck Theft in Mexico?
MEXICO
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12 APR 2021
Tens of thousands of trucks on Mexico’s highways are being robbed of cargo every year, with criminal gangs becoming more daring, sophisticated and violent when carrying out hijackings.
NEWS
US, Mexico Sanctions Offer Insights Into CJNG Hierarchy
CARTEL DE JALISCO
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9 APR 2021
Sanctions recently imposed by the United States and Mexico on members of the CJNG that are allegedly linked to two high-profile murders, demonstrate that the group is one of the…
NEWS
US Announcement Against Corrupt Paraguay Official May Signal Shift
ELITES AND CRIME
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9 APR 2021
Recent punitive action taken by the United States against Paraguayan officials has reinforced how far corruption underpins the South American nation’s thriving trade in drugs.
NEWS
In Colombia, Child Soldiers Play Many Roles
COLOMBIA
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8 APR 2021
Children serve in a wide range of roles in criminal organizations: errand boy, landmine builder, frontline combatant and assassin. In this, the second of a three-part investigation by InSight Crime…
NEWS
Criminal Groups Zero in on Mexico Resort Construction
EXTORTION
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8 APR 2021
Criminal groups in one of Mexico's most popular tourist regions have found yet another sector to extort and terrorize: hotel builders.
NEWS
Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Adds to Venezuela Money Laundering Risk
ELITES AND CRIME
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7 APR 2021
Venezuela is increasingly turning to the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, raising questions about its possible use in laundering money and evading US sanctions, not unlike the way Venezuela already uses the gold…
NEWS
Digging Into Dirty Gold Across the Americas
COLOMBIA
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7 APR 2021
Illegal gold mining is devastating South America's jungles. The trade has been destroying large swaths of forest and flooding rivers with toxic mercury at an alarming rate.
NEWS
Venezuela Kingpin’s Arrest Leaves Power Vacuum on Caribbean Coast
COCAINE
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6 APR 2021
Recent drug charges against a little-known but powerful Venezuelan businessman come as a surprise given that he allegedly operated with impunity for decades on the country's northern coast.
NEWS
Organized Real Estate Fraud Rings Threaten Property Owners in Costa Rica
COSTA RICA
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6 APR 2021
With owners of expensive lots kept away from Costa Rica because of COVID-19 restrictions, organized property fraud rings have enlisted corrupt notaries to steal properties.
NEWS
Dismantled Network Illustrates Pattern in the Exploitation of Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia
COLOMBIA
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5 APR 2021
A sophisticated human trafficking network dismantled in Colombia, illustrates a pattern in how Venezuelan citizens, particularly women, are recruited.
In Colombia, Child Soldiers Play Many Roles
COLOMBIA
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8 APR 2021
Digging Into Dirty Gold Across the Americas
COLOMBIA
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7 APR 2021
Featured Reporting and Analysis
As in the darkest days of Colombia's civil conflict, armed groups across the country continue to enlist and exploit teenage boys and girls. In this, the first of a three-part…
COCAINE
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1 APR 2021
On the El Salvador’s eastern border, a subtle transfer of power could have seismic consequences in the underworld.
COCAÍNA
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23 MAR 2021
An ambitious mayor, a well-connected deputy mayor, dirty cops, a corrupt judge, and a lot of marijuana. This is the story of Itatí, the sleepy town that went from religious…
ARGENTINA
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16 MAR 2021
There were few better at money laundering than the Brazilian Dario Messer, who, while scrambling to save himself from Brazilian authorities, did one last tour of his prime refuge, Paraguay,…
BRAZIL
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4 MAR 2021
In a Paraguay border state, drug traffickers and dirty politicians find common ground, and political fights spill into the underworld.
ELITES AND CRIME
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25 FEB 2021
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InSight Crime Events – Border Crime: The Northern Triangle and Tri-Border Area
ARGENTINA
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25 JAN 2021
Through several rounds of extensive field investigations, our researchers have analyzed and mapped out the main illicit economies and criminal groups present in 39 border departments spread across the six countries of study – the Northern Triangle trio of Guatemala, Honduras, and El…
BRIEF
InSight Crime’s ‘Memo Fantasma’ Investigation Wins Simón Bolívar National Journalism Prize
COLOMBIA
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20 NOV 2020
The staff at InSight Crime was awarded the prestigious Simón Bolívar national journalism prize in Colombia for its two-year investigation into the drug trafficker known as “Memo Fantasma,” which was…
ANALYSIS
InSight Crime – From Uncovering Organized Crime to Finding What Works
COLOMBIA
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12 NOV 2020
This project began 10 years ago as an effort to address a problem: the lack of daily coverage, investigative stories and analysis of organized crime in the Americas. …
ANALYSIS
InSight Crime – Ten Years of Investigating Organized Crime in the Americas
FEATURED
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2 NOV 2020
In early 2009, Steven Dudley was in Medellín, Colombia. His assignment: speak to a jailed paramilitary leader in the Itagui prison, just south of the city. Following his interview inside…