ELN and Urabeños War Again in Northern Colombia
COLOMBIA
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16 AUG 2022
The ELN and Urabeños are once again battling for control of Bolívar, a northern department of Colombia.
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Cattle Trafficking Acclaim, Investigation into Peru’s Amazon
27 MAY 2022
On May 18, InSight Crime launched its most recent investigation into cattle trafficking between Central America and Mexico. It showed precisely how beef, illicitly produced in Honduras, Guatemala…
How Venezuelan Gangs Masquerade as Community Organizers to Secure Territory
ELITES AND CRIME
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11 APR 2022
Elements of the Venezuelan underworld, whether drug cartels, street gangs or illegal mining groups, have hit upon a unique way of establishing social control:…
Coca Replaced by Cattle - The Shift in Southern Colombia's Deforestation
COLOMBIA
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19 JUL 2021
Living two weeks in the jungle wasn't bad really. While spending eight hours a day felling trees with an axe and a chainsaw wasn't exactly a holiday, it did create…
Ex-FARC Expand into Northern Colombia
COLOMBIA
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16 MAR 2021
A leader of what was once Colombia's largest guerrilla organization has announced the revival of one of its most formidable blocs in northern Colombia -- a region with a competitive…
Minor Players Take Center Stage in Guatemala Drug Trade
COCAINE
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22 FEB 2021
An anti-narcotics operation targeting an alleged trafficking ring in Guatemala has shed light on the increasing importance of small, often discrete transport networks in the country's cocaine trade.
Interactive Dashboard: Criminal Dynamics in Northern Triangle and Tri-Border Area
28 JAN 2021
This interactive dashboard aims to map Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) in the Northern Triangle (NT) of Central America and the Tri-Border Area (TBA) between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Users can…
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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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Europe Coverage Makes a Splash
20 JAN 2023
Last week, InSight Crime published an analysis of the role of Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport as an arrival hub for cocaine and methamphetamine from Mexico. The article was picked up by…
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World Looks to InSight Crime for Mexico Expertise
13 JAN 2023
Our coverage of the arrest of Chapitos’ co-founder Ovidio Guzmán López in Mexico has received worldwide attention.In the UK, outlets including The Independent and BBC…
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InSight Crime Shares Expertise with US State Department
16 DEC 2022
Last week, InSight Crime Co-founder Steven Dudley took part in the International Anti-Corruption Conference organized by the US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, & Labor and…
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Immediate Response to US-Mexico Marijuana Investigation
9 DEC 2022
InSight Crime’s investigation into how the legalization of marijuana in many US states has changed Mexico’s criminal dynamics made a splash this week appearing on the front page of…
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