Chris Dalby, Author at InSight Crime

A bus in Rio de Janeiro which was set on fire by militias in Brazil.

News Brazil Militias

Local Police Could Disrupt Attempts to Remove Militias From Rio, Brazil

by Chris Dalby 9 Nov 202310 Nov 2023

A Brazil police officer during the raid of an illegal sand extraction site

News Environmental Crime

Q&A: How Sand Trafficking in Brazil Became a Highly Lucrative Crime

by Chris Dalby 30 Oct 202330 Oct 2023

A marijuana plantation owned by the Bang group in Spain

News China and Crime

Why Chinese Mafias Are Moving Into Chile

by Chris Dalby 14 Sep 202313 Oct 2023

Soldiers try to calm down a crowd after a prison massacre in Ecuador in July 2023.

News

Are Ecuador’s Army, Police, and Prisons Beyond Reform?

by Chris Dalby 5 Sep 202313 Oct 2023

Prisoners at the door of an overloaded jail cell in Brazil.

News

Firearms, Disappearances, Prison Overcrowding: Brazil’s Problems Are Getting Worse

by Chris Dalby 1 Aug 20237 Dec 2023

Weapons seized during the raid on Sebastian Marset's home in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Uruguay’s Top Trafficker Disappears Yet Again in Bolivia

by Christopher Newton and Chris Dalby 31 Jul 202310 Nov 2023

News Illegal Fishing

Shark Fin Trade Thriving in Latin America, Despite Promises of Progress

by María Fernanda Ramírez and Chris Dalby 26 Jul 202313 Oct 2023

Soldiers guard the door to Inca prison in Ecuador.

The Rise and Fall of the Choneros, Ecuador’s Drug Trafficking Opportunists

by Chris Dalby 20 Jul 202313 Oct 2023

News Sinaloa Cartel

How Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel Has Stayed United for Decades

by Chris Dalby 17 Jul 202313 Oct 2023

Thousands of children are separated from parents in prison, or have to spend part of their childhood behind bars as well.

Q&A: Latin American Children With Parents in Prison Get No Support

by Chris Dalby 22 Jun 202313 Oct 2023

A banner in Venezuela demands an end to homicides, with Caracas being one of Latin America's worst homicide hotspots.

DataInSights: Latin America’s Homicide Hotspots

by Christopher Newton, Chris Dalby and Peter Appleby 15 Jun 202313 Oct 2023

A photo of members of Mexico's armed forces patrol a town in Chiapas following violence between the Sinaloa Cartel and CJNG.

News Sinaloa Cartel

Chiapas Bleeds as CJNG, Sinaloa Cartel Fight for Guatemala Trafficking Routes

by Chris Dalby 2 Jun 202313 Oct 2023

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