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Dirty Business – The Smuggling Pipeline Carrying Mercury Across the Amazon
Smuggling networks are feeding illegal mining operations across the Amazon Basin with mercury, despite global efforts to clamp down on the use of the substance.
While the involvement of Chinese money-laundering rings in handling drug proceeds from Mexico is nothing new, a number of recent…
Time appears to be running out for the governor of the US-Mexico border state of Tamaulipas – after lawmakers stripped…
Colombia’s current political crisis has led to severe clashes between police and protesters in many of the country’s largest cities.
A new report suggests women are increasingly playing an active role in the extortion activities of Central American gangs --…
High-ranking officials in the Dominican Republic are accused of siphoning millions of dollars in state funds through a religious non-profit,…
With a new law granting immunity to El Salvador officials accused of mismanaging coronavirus funds and the resignation of a…
The stranger burst into the house, staggering and leaving a trail of blood behind him. He ran into the back,…
A central Texas lawyer known as the “DWI Dude” will spend more than 15 years in federal prison after deceiving…
The cat-and-mouse game of evading law enforcement was taken literally by drug smugglers recently in Panama, who hid cocaine on…
Every few years, a new spectacular tactic used by criminal groups captures the world’s attention. But like the narco-tank seen…
In the past year and a half, two murder cases have shaken the city of Cali: the slaying of its…
As sex trafficking has soared in Venezuela, seemingly legitimate modeling agencies are repeatedly being linked to cases of human trafficking,…
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