Special Investigation
The Moskitia: The Honduran Jungle Drowning in Cocaine
The region of the Moskitia on the border between Honduras and Nicaragua is one of Central America’s last great wildernesses, a paradise of pristine…
30 Years After Escobar, How the Cocaine Trade Has Changed
Pablo Escobar and his Medellín Cartel transformed the cocaine trade during their heyday in the 1980s. But the 30 years since the kingpin’s death have shown that the business remains one of the world’s most dynamic criminal economies.
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Criminal Profiles
Groups
Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG)
The Jalisco Cartel New Generation is often considered Mexico’s most…
First Capital Command – PCC
The First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC)…
Personalities
Jimmy Chérizier, alias ‘Barbecue’
Former police officer Jimmy Chérizier, alias “Barbecue,” is one of…
Griselda Blanco, alias ‘La Madrina’
Ana Griselda Blanco Restrepo was one of the pioneers of…
Impact
Johana Flores Freed After InSight Crime Investigation
El Salvador’s armed forces arrested 24-year-old Dalila Johana Flores in January 2023. She remained imprisoned, with no way to contact either her family or her…
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InSight Crime Investigator Interviewed in Suriname About the #NarcoFiles
The alleged relationship between the current vice president and former president of Suriname with drug trafficking, exposed by InSight Crime as part of the international…
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