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Members of Brazil's Federal Police sail along a river as they search our illegal gold miners.

News Illegal Mining

Brazil Targets Illegal Gold Miners With Force and Legislation

by Sean Doherty 7 Mar 202313 Oct 2023

Contraband goods found on a bus in Bolivia

News Contraband

Bolivia Passenger Buses Carry Contraband Rather Than People

by Sean Doherty 21 Feb 202313 Oct 2023

InSight Crime’s 2022 Homicide Round-Up

by Peter Appleby, Chris Dalby, Sean Doherty, Scott Mistler-Ferguson and Henry Shuldiner 8 Feb 202319 Oct 2023

News Elites and Crime

Latin America Makes Little Progress Against Corruption

by Sean Doherty 2 Feb 202313 Oct 2023

MS13 gang members after their arrest in El Salvador

Southern Mexico Extortion Suggests Migration of Central American Gangs

by Sean Doherty 30 Jan 202313 Oct 2023

News Cocaine Europe

Reports of Brazil’s PCC Taking Over Portugal Cocaine Trade Remain Unfounded

by Chris Dalby and Sean Doherty 16 Jan 202313 Oct 2023

Seth and Roberto Paisano Wood after their arrests in Honduras

Why Money Launderers in Honduras May Be Getting Away With It

by Sean Doherty 1 Nov 202213 Oct 2023

Prisoners in El Salvador crammed into prison cells

Extortion in Northern Triangle Worth Over $1 Billion Annually: Report

by Sean Doherty 3 Oct 202213 Oct 2023

Alejandro Astesiano (left) and Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou

Uruguay Passport Scandals Force Reckoning About Government Corruption

by Sean Doherty 30 Sep 202213 Oct 2023

Three occupants of a narco ambulance arrested in Nariño, Colombia stand in front of the marijuana they were transporting

Why Ambulances Remain Convenient Way to Move Drugs in Colombia

by Sean Doherty 22 Aug 202213 Oct 2023

A line of trucks carry coal down from the mountains of La Libertad, Peru

News Illegal Mining

Illegal Coal Mine Killings Prompt Peruvian Authorities to Act

by Sean Doherty 11 May 202213 Oct 2023

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