News Analysis

Death of a Pran: Suicide Marks Venezuela Former Prison Boss’ Decline

Weeks after reports emerged of the suicide of a notorious Venezuelan prison gang boss in Colombia, authorities have confirmed the…

Jalisco Cartel Sets Off Alarm Bells Along Mexico-Guatemala Border

The Jalisco Cartel New Generation, which has rapidly expanded to become Mexico's greatest criminal threat, may now be spreading its…

Bomb Threats: Mexico's Crime Groups Turn to Explosives

A package bomb that killed a restaurateur and his manager underscores the escalating use of explosives – and the terror…

Venezuela Kidnappers Posing as Car Sellers to Lure Victims

The Venezuelan police have stepped in amid a spate of violent crimes caused by gang members pretending to sell cars…

Aircraft Theft Across Latin America Continues to Fuel Drug Trade

A heist of Brazilian planes that were later discovered in Bolivia has offered a unique look into how drug planes…

Top El Salvador Officials Embroiled in Food Aid Theft Investigation

A scrapped investigation into alleged food aid theft by officials in the administration of El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has…

Enduring Italians, Ambitious Albanians – How Cocaine is Changing Europe’s Criminal Landscape

Ever greater quantities of cocaine are making their way across the Atlantic and are being sold at ever greater prices…

Los 27, Puerto Rico’s Pioneers of the Prison Gang Model

A major operation against one of Puerto Rico's foremost criminal gangs has revealed how this group's control of prisons helped…

The Increasingly Busy Cuba-Uruguay Human Smuggling Route

Uruguay has dismantled a group dedicated to bringing Cuban migrants illegally to the country, highlighting a lesser-known human smuggling route.

States of Emergency in Belize - Cure or Addiction?

Despite improving homicide statistics, Belize continues to regularly declare states of emergency due to crime rates. But do these actually…

South Korea Becomes Transit Point for Mexican Methamphetamine

South Korean authorities have arrested a drug trafficker suspected of importing up to a ton of methamphetamine from Mexico for…

Memo Fantasma Properties in Colombia Used to Compensate Victims of Violence

Dozens of properties and other assets seized from Memo Fantasma, one of Colombia’s foremost drug traffickers, will be used to…