Legitimate Businesses Used as Fronts for Human Trafficking in Argentina
ARGENTINA
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15 SEP 2022
Human traffickers in Argentina are using legitimate business to continue their illicit activities and elude authorities.
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ANALYSIS
InSight Crime’s 2020 Homicide Round-Up
ARGENTINA
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29 JAN 2021
While unrest gripped much of Latin America in 2019, it was the coronavirus that took center stage and ripped through the region in 2020, upending everything from commercial trade to…
Political Elites Seek Again to Infiltrate Guatemala's High Court
ELITES AND CRIME
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29 JAN 2021
Guatemala's congress has named to the country's Constitutional Court a judge who is under investigation for obstruction of justice, in a brazen attempt by political mafias to infiltrate the country's…
Guatemala's Anti-Extortion Plan: A Legacy of Unkept Promises
BARRIO 18
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29 JAN 2021
It was one of Alejandro Giammattei’s most emphatic promises. One year later, the Interior Ministry supported his strategy to reduce extortions by cutting off access to communication devices among the…
Migrants Killed in Mexico Took Treacherous Path
HOMICIDES
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28 JAN 2021
Nineteen people shot and burned in a Mexico border state near Texas is a macabre reminder that migrants being smuggled to the United States are targets of cartel violence.
Decades of Deforestation, Illegal Mining and Impunity in Nicaragua
ELITES AND CRIME
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27 JAN 2021
Nicaragua's Indio Maíz Biological Reserve, on the southern border with Costa Rica, is under assault.
Black Market Peso Exchange Evolving in United States
MEXICO
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26 JAN 2021
US federal prosecutors say a real-estate investment firm accepted millions in drug money, revealing how high-end real-estate ventures are being used to launder dirty cash at scale.
3 Unexplored Criminal Challenges Awaiting President Joe Biden
BRAZIL
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21 JAN 2021
President Joe Biden’s policy documents on Latin America tread familiar ground. But the region contains a range of other security and criminal threats that are of direct concern to the…
No Time to Wait: Biden's Security Challenges in Central America
EL SALVADOR
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20 JAN 2021
Given the challenges of a deadly pandemic, President Joe Biden could be forgiven for not having Central America’s security at the top of his agenda on day one, or 100…
MS13 Prison Releases Reinforce Potential Pact with El Salvador
BARRIO 18
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20 JAN 2021
Though he did not have any apparent health problems, a top MS13 leader was transferred from a prison to a hospital in El Salvador -- a move approved by…
Mafia to Terrorists: How US Prosecutors Have Bent the Law to Fight MS13
BARRIO 18
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18 JAN 2021
The recent decision by the US government to charge MS13’s top leaders in El Salvador with terrorism is either a sign of how little they understand the gang or a…
Liquid Gold - False COVID-19 Vaccines Emerge in Latin America
CONTRABAND
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18 JAN 2021
In 2021, the COVID-19 vaccine is liquid gold. As governments begin to roll out inoculation programs, criminal groups are taking advantage of the anxious interim, offering a range of scams…
6 Reasons Why the US Charged MS13 Leaders with Terrorism
BARRIO 18
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15 JAN 2021
The US government’s terrorism case against the MS13 opens a new frontier in fighting international street gangs.
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Venezuela Coverage Continues to be Highlighted
3 MAR 2023
This week, InSight Crime co-director Jeremy McDermott was the featured guest on the Americas Quarterly podcast, where he provided an expert overview of the changing dynamics…
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Venezuela's Organized Crime Top 10 Attracts Attention
24 FEB 2023
Last week, InSight Crime published its ranking of Venezuela’s ten organized crime groups to accompany the launch of the Venezuela Organized Crime Observatory. Read…
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InSight Crime on El País Podcast
10 FEB 2023
This week, InSight Crime co-founder, Jeremy McDermott, was among experts featured in an El País podcast on the progress of Colombia’s nascent peace process.
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InSight Crime Interviewed by Associated Press
3 FEB 2023
This week, InSight Crime’s Co-director Jeremy McDermott was interviewed by the Associated Press on developments in Haiti as the country continues its prolonged collapse. McDermott’s words were republished around the world,…
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Escaping Barrio 18
27 JAN 2023
Last week, InSight Crime published an investigation charting the story of Desafío, a 28-year-old Barrio 18 gang member who is desperate to escape gang life. But there’s one problem: he’s…
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