Rocco Morabito embodied the 'Ndrangheta business model in Latin America. Read about his incredible story here.
Lake Titicaca: A Smuggler's Paradise in Bolivia and Peru
NEWS
/ 30 NOV 2022
Lake Titicaca serves as a crossroads for varied criminal economies, from cocaine shipments to trafficking the frogs that live along its banks.
NEWS
Illegal Mining Spreads to Furthest Reaches of Amazon in Ecuador
BRAZIL
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2 DEC 2022
Illegal gold mining in the remote Ecuadorian province of Napo has grown at a staggering rate. Environmental crime has grown in parallel.
NEWS
Capture of Hell Troop Leader Could Mean Trouble Brewing in Tamaulipas, Mexico
FENTANYL
/
1 DEC 2022
Nuevo Laredo was set ablaze following the capture of a Northeast Cartel leader. But what does this mean for the city's criminal dynamics?…
NEWS
Lake Titicaca: A Smuggler's Paradise in Bolivia and Peru
BOLIVIA
/
30 NOV 2022
Lake Titicaca serves as a crossroads for varied criminal economies, from cocaine shipments to trafficking the frogs that live along its banks.
NEWS
Was a Super Cartel Really Controlling Europe's Drug Trade?
COCAINE
/
29 NOV 2022
Balkan drug trafficker, Edin Gačanin, is but the latest member of a so-called Super Cartel to be arrested in Dubai in recent months.
NEWS
Honduras' State of Exception May Set Worrying Precedent
BARRIO 18
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29 NOV 2022
Honduras declared a state of exception as extortion cases rise, suspending constitutional rights in cities and deploying thousands of troops.
NEWS
Smugglers Leave Haitian Migrants Marooned on Desert Islands Off Puerto Rico
HAITI
/
28 NOV 2022
Human smugglers are leaving Haitian migrants stranded on desert islands in the channel between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
NEWS
Why Mega-Prisons Holding Tens of Thousands Won't Make a Difference
BRAZIL
/
25 NOV 2022
Failing prison systems and entrenched corruption mean mega-prisons holding tens of thousands won't solve insecurity in Latin America.
NEWS
International Sanctions Seek to Weaken Haiti's Patronage System Between Politicians, Gangs
ELITES AND CRIME
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24 NOV 2022
Sanctions from the US and Canada are targeting Haiti's long history of patronage between political parties and violent gangs.
NEWS
How Organized Crime Profits from Migrant Flow Across Colombia's Darién Gap
COLOMBIA
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24 NOV 2022
Migrants crossing the Darién Gap between Colombia and Panama face extortion, rape, violence, and being forced to carry drugs.
NEWS
Digital Wild West: Latin America Unprepared for Crypto-Crime
BRAZIL
/
23 NOV 2022
A lack of regulation surrounding how crypto-currencies are used by organized crime has left Latin America dangerously exposed.
Featured Reporting and Analysis
A close relationship between a Colombian warlord and an Italian restaurateur would lead to Europe being flooded with cocaine by the 'Ndrangheta.
AUC
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23 NOV 2022
Environmental crime is devastating the Amazon. What are these five Amazonian states doing to protect it?…
ECUADOR
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8 NOV 2022
The threat of fentanyl in Mexico is growing, yet a lack of comprehensive data collection means the problem is unseen at the national level.
FEATURED
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10 NOV 2022
The 'Ndrangheta have made the Italian port of Gioia Tauro crucial to their European cocaine empire by controlling it with corruption and threats.
COCAINE
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23 NOV 2022
InSight Crime sat down with Suriname's President Chan Santokhi to discuss the multiple criminal challenges ahead for the country.
COCAINE
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17 NOV 2022
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