Tri-borders
Tri-Border Areas: Two infamous regions in Central America and the Southern Cone, where countries, criminal actors and economies all intersect.
InDepth
Deeper, ongoing coverage and investigations of the most important organized crime trends and subjects.
Extortion
Extortion plagues much of Latin America. The pernicious crime plays out in many ways, and citizens suffer.
Gangs
Understanding the intricacies of the most complex criminal groups.
Elites and organized crime
How elites corrupt and criminalize the political, economic and social spheres of life.
Narcoculture
From the bizarre rituals to the colorful characters, the best books and the worst fashion.
Prisons
Painting the picture of the least understood, and potentially most potent, part of the criminal underworld.
Homicides
An exploration into what drives and what prevents homicides.
Investigations
Chapters
Institutional Content
THE ORGANIZATION
Strategic Communications Manager Job Description
12 FEB 2021
InSight Crime is looking for a full-time strategic communications manager. This person needs to be able to work in a fast-paced world of daily news, high-profile investigations, national and international…
THE ORGANIZATION
We Have Updated Our Website
4 FEB 2021
Welcome to our new home page. We have revamped the site to create a better display and reader experience.
THE ORGANIZATION
InSight Crime Events – Border Crime: The Northern Triangle and Tri-Border Area
ARGENTINA
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25 JAN 2021
Through several rounds of extensive field investigations, our researchers have analyzed and mapped out the main illicit economies and criminal groups present in 39 border departments spread across the six countries of study – the Northern Triangle trio of Guatemala, Honduras, and El…
BRIEF
InSight Crime’s ‘Memo Fantasma’ Investigation Wins Simón Bolívar National Journalism Prize
COLOMBIA
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20 NOV 2020
The staff at InSight Crime was awarded the prestigious Simón Bolívar national journalism prize in Colombia for its two-year investigation into the drug trafficker known as “Memo Fantasma,” which was…
ANALYSIS
InSight Crime – From Uncovering Organized Crime to Finding What Works
COLOMBIA
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12 NOV 2020
This project began 10 years ago as an effort to address a problem: the lack of daily coverage, investigative stories and analysis of organized crime in the Americas. …
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