Raquel Ballestin, Author at InSight Crime

La Policía de Buenos Aires capturó a nueve personas de la banda

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E-Scooter Is Vehicle of Choice for Fashionable Argentina Traffickers

by Raquel Ballestin 3 Jan 202313 Oct 2023

Panama Became Logistics Hub for Drug Trafficking ‘Super Cartel’

by Raquel Ballestin 9 Dec 202213 Oct 2023

A quantity of pink cocaine, or tusi.

News Synthetic Drugs

Should Europe Be Bracing for the Spread of Tusi?

by Raquel Ballestin 2 Dec 202213 Oct 2023

Police outside the Litoral prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador

Why Mega-Prisons Holding Tens of Thousands Won’t Make a Difference

by Raquel Ballestin 25 Nov 202213 Oct 2023

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How Organized Crime Profits from Migrant Flow Across Colombia’s Darién Gap

by Javier Lizcano Villalba and Raquel Ballestin 24 Nov 202213 Oct 2023

Two mothers hug in Mexico's state of Sonora after finding a mass grave.

Mothers Searching for Loved Ones in Mexico Abandoned by Authorities

by Raquel Ballestin 19 Oct 202213 Oct 2023

A comparison between a real and a fake US dollar bill in Venezuela

How Ecuador and Venezuela Face Differing Invasions of Fake US Dollars

by Henry Shuldiner and Raquel Ballestin 13 Oct 202213 Oct 2023

A military arsenal in Paraguay

News Arms Trafficking

Military Arsenals Provide Convenient Source of Weapons for Latin American Gangs

by Raquel Ballestin and Chris Dalby 4 Oct 202213 Oct 2023

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