Countdown Begins to Trial of Mexico's Former Security Minister
The trial of Genaro García Luna, Mexico's public security minister during the presidency of Felipe Calderón, is fast approaching.
Weapons Trafficking Rife on Mexico's Social Media
Arms trafficking in Mexico has turned to digital mediums that offer both broad visibility and anonymity to an ever-increasing flow of weapons into the country.
Microfinance Programs Fight Back Against Loan Sharks in Colombia
A local government in Colombia is offering small, low interest loans to people struggling to make ends meet in the coronavirus pandemic, to help steer them away from one of…
Salvatore Ponzo and the Italian Mafia's Infiltration of Costa Rica
The photos in the Costa Rican press showed Salvatore Ponzo, the Italian fruit exporter, with a neatly trimmed beard and polite smile, wearing polo shirts and baseball caps emblazoned with…
3 secretos sucios revelados por las ‘negociaciones’ con pandillas en El Salvador
El grupo de medios de El Faro informó que el gobierno de El Salvador está “negociando” con las pandillas callejeras para mantener bajas las tasas de homicidios, lo que puede…
What Lockdown? World’s Cocaine Traffickers Sniff at Movement Restrictions
As a wave of coronavirus infections hit Italy in late March, Rocco Molè, a member of the country’s ’Ndrangheta organized crime group, was faced with a dilemma.As a wave of…
El Salvador’s Black Widows - Female Leadership in MS13
An MS13 linked gang in El Salvador known as the Black Widows has been convicted of forcing women to marry men and then killing their new husbands as part of a complex…
Telmo Castro - The Sinaloa Cartel's Man in Ecuador
For Ecuador, the death of one of the country’s most notorious homegrown drug traffickers was the end of an era. But for his Mexican bosses, Telmo Castro’s demise will do…
Treasure, Corruption and Legal Machinations - Gerald's Legacy in Ecuador
Gerald’s rise to becoming one of the most notorious drug traffickers Ecuador has produced to date was meteoric. But his fall has been just as dramatic, exposing not only the…
Culiacán Shambles Exposes Lack of Any Security Plan for Mexico
Amid a wave of national and international criticism for his handling of the Culiacán meltdown last week, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador faces the toughest public security test of…
Prostitution Ring Highlights Vulnerability of Colombia Indigenous Communities
Colombia’s authorities have broken up a prostitution ring exploiting indigenous minors in the Amazonas department, the second human trafficking ring arrested this year in the region.
Cartel Extortion Getting Worse for Businesses in Mexico City
Petty extortion has plagued business in Mexico City for years, but the recent killing of a local community leader angry at authorities’ inaction underscores the growing brazenness of such criminal…
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This week InSight Crime investigators Sara García and María Fernanda Ramírez led a discussion of the challenges posed by Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s “Total Peace” plan within urban contexts. The…
InSight Crime Cited in New Colombia Drug Policy Plan
InSight Crime’s work on emerging coca cultivation in Honduras, Guatemala, and Venezuela was cited in the Colombian government’s…
InSight Crime Discusses Honduran Women's Prison Investigation
Investigators Victoria Dittmar and María Fernanda Ramírez discussed InSight Crime’s recent investigation of a massacre in Honduras’ only women’s prison in a Twitter Spaces event on…
Human Trafficking Investigation Published in Leading Mexican Newspaper
Leading Mexican media outlet El Universal featured our most recent investigation, “The Geography of Human Trafficking on the US-Mexico Border,” on the front page of its August 30…
InSight Crime's Coverage of Ecuador Leads International Debate
This week, Jeremy McDermott, co-director of InSight Crime, was interviewed by La Sexta, a Spanish television channel, about the situation of extreme violence and insecurity in Ecuador…
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