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Criminal Actors
Histories and profiles of organized crime groups, insurgencies, street gangs, vigilantes and the criminal actors that lead them.
Corrientes, Argentina
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILES
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15 MAR 2021
Corrientes is a key hub of Argentina’s highly profitable marijuana trade. The province appears to be the second most important…
Formosa, Argentina
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILES
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15 MAR 2021
Located on the border with Paraguay’s capital Asunción, the Formosa province is a hub for transnational marijuana trafficking and contraband.
Misiones, Argentina
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILES
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15 MAR 2021
Misiones is the main entry point for marijuana smuggled from Paraguay into Argentina across the Paraná River and one of…
Chaco, Argentina
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILES
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15 MAR 2021
Chaco is a transit corridor for illicit products. Most drugs or contraband smuggled into Argentina in the Formosa province crosses Chaco…
Paraná, Brazil
ARMS TRAFFICKING
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4 MAR 2021
Paraná is a hub for drug trafficking. Vast quantities of cocaine and marijuana enter the state from Paraguay, via the…
Santa Catarina, Brazil
ARMS TRAFFICKING
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4 MAR 2021
Santa Catarina is a launchpad for cocaine destined for Europe and a transit point for marijuana and contraband headed to…
Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
ARMS TRAFFICKING
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4 MAR 2021
Mato Grosso do Sul is among Brazil’s most strategic states for transnational crime.
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
COCAINE
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4 MAR 2021
Strategically located between Argentina and Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul is a hub for contraband and drug smuggling.
Brazil Profile
BRAZIL
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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Brazil, Latin America’s largest economy, has seen some important security advances in recent years, taking dozens of communities in Rio…
Guatemala Profile
GUATEMALA
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28 FEB 2021
Guatemala's criminal organizations are among the most sophisticated and dangerous in Central America. Some of them have been in operation…
Los Choneros
ECUADOR
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25 FEB 2021
Los Choneros is one of Ecuador’s most prominent criminal groups, which first emerged in the late 1990s as a drug…
Alto Paraguay, Paraguay
GEOGRAPHIC PROFILES
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25 FEB 2021
One of Paraguay’s most sparsely populated but most homicidal departments, Alto Paraguay serves as an important cocaine transit corridor.
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Extermination Sites - The New Depths of Mexico's Disappearance Crisis
HUMAN RIGHTS
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4 AUG 2021
Families combing for clues about their vanished loved ones at recently discovered extermination sites in northern Mexico have turned to local cartel leaders for help - revealing their desperation to…
3 Takeaways from Jovenel Moïse’s Murder Investigation in Haiti
CARIBBEAN
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3 AUG 2021
Nearly a month after the midnight assassination of former Haiti President Jovenel Moïse, many of the details about the murder plot remain murky despite scores of arrests.
A Blend of Family and Politics in Guatemala's Cocaine Trade
COCAINE
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3 AUG 2021
An anti-narcotics operation in western Guatemala has shed further light on how families involved in local politics can play a pivotal role in the regional cocaine trade.
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