What Will Come of Peru Jailing Shark Fin Traffickers for First Time?
ECUADOR
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14 FEB 2022
Peru has convicted a gang of shark fin traffickers for the first time in history but more is needed to make a dent in this prolific illegal industry. …
Liquid Cocaine - a Rising Trend Among Colombia's Traffickers
COCAINE
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9 FEB 2022
As Colombian traffickers and police continually try to outfox each other, liquid cocaine has returned to the fore as an increasingly popular drug smuggling method.
Yacu Kallpa: Illegal Timber and Impunity in Peru
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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12 OCT 2021
Six years after investigators in Peru took down a massive timber trafficking operation that shipped millions of dollars’ worth of illegal hardwood, more than 90 people have been indicted and…
Poultrygeist - How Mexican Chickens Are Smuggled into Guatemala
CONTRABAND
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30 APR 2021
A series of operations carried out by the Guatemalan Attorney General’s Office against networks dedicated to trafficking Mexican poultry, shed light on how poultry smuggling works in the border area.