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More Questions than Clarity Following Former Anti-Drug Chief’s Arrest in Bolivia
BOLIVIA
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26 JAN 2022
Authorities in Bolivia have arrested the Andean nation’s former anti-drug chief as he tried to flee the country, but how exactly he may be connected to the regional drug trade…
ELITES AND CRIME
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25 JAN 2022
A fugitive former minister linked to a multi-million dollar cash seizure has turned himself over to Guatemalan authorities at an…
EL KOKI
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25 JAN 2022
Venezuela’s Peace Zones were arguably some of the strongest evidence showcasing the odd, fluctuating relationship between organized crime and the…
CHILE
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24 JAN 2022
After seven years in action, Chile's hardline strategy to rid the country of microtrafficking has been exported abroad, lauded as…
FENTANYL
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21 JAN 2022
Chinese companies are turning to online sales to supply the fentanyl precursor market in Mexico. As a result, more criminal…
ARGENTINA
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21 JAN 2022
Five years after a multimillion-dollar drug shipment was discovered in suitcases at the Russian Embassy in Argentina, a Russian court…
CHILE
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20 JAN 2022
Authorities in Chile have reported a string of massive maritime seizures of marijuana, indicating traffickers are searching for new smuggling…
BAGDAD
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20 JAN 2022
With ports around the world seizing more cocaine than ever, drug traffickers have come up with a new method to…
ELITES AND CRIME
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19 JAN 2022
A Guatemalan judge recently heralded by the US State Department as a “woman of courage” says she is being attacked…
HONDURAS
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19 JAN 2022
Where Honduras ends, there are no borders, no guards, no gate post. This is where a nation vanishes with no…
COCAINE
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18 JAN 2022
Authorities in Colombia have netted the country's "king" of drug submarines – a man whose services, prosecutors allege, have been employed…
HUMAN RIGHTS
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17 JAN 2022
Reported kidnappings have decreased significantly in Mexico, but in recent years, at least one out of every 10 kidnapping victims…
BRAZIL
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17 JAN 2022
The death of a top Red Command leader near Rio de Janeiro raises questions about the success of coordinated attempts…
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