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Colombia's government and military have shown renewed urgency in attacking FARC commander Gentil Duarte, ramping up operations against his forces…
A shootout involving French police and suspected cocaine traffickers in the northern city port of Le Havre has dramatically underscored…
A cybercrime group that has threatened to release troves of stolen data from the Costa Rican government has now hit…
A decade of analyzing Europe’s wastewater has provided a snapshot of how drugs like methamphetamine and cocaine have spread to…
The arrests of three people in Venezuela for Facebook Marketplace posts in which they allegedly offered kidneys for sale have…
One of the first Balkan cocaine traffickers to ever establish a presence in South America and forge criminal alliances between…
The arrest of a sitting head of government on drug trafficking charges is almost unheard of.
A US national who received smuggled AR-15 parts in Mexico and assembled the weapons for two of the country's most…
A string of drug seizures in Chile, coupled with cocaine discovered on ships originating there, points to the country emerging…
The rapid expansion of FARC dissident groups has brought an end to a fleeting period of tranquility in Putumayo. Now,…
Gang members' romantic partners are often also their victims, subordinate to the whims of their companions. MS13 members have been…
The notorious MS13 street gang boasts a diverse criminal portfolio – including prostitution. Through violence, abuse and intimidation, the gang…