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An increase in seizures of tusi, or pink cocaine, in Spain could mean that this synthetic drug cocktail could be…
Illegal gold mining in the remote Ecuadorian province of Napo has grown at a staggering rate. Environmental crime has grown…
Nuevo Laredo was set ablaze following the capture of a Northeast Cartel leader. But what does this mean for the…
Lake Titicaca serves as a crossroads for varied criminal economies, from cocaine shipments to trafficking the frogs that live along…
Balkan drug trafficker, Edin Gačanin, is but the latest member of a so-called Super Cartel to be arrested in Dubai…
Honduras declared a state of exception as extortion cases rise, suspending constitutional rights in cities and deploying thousands of troops.
Human smugglers are leaving Haitian migrants stranded on desert islands in the channel between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
Failing prison systems and entrenched corruption mean mega-prisons holding tens of thousands won't solve insecurity in Latin America.
Sanctions from the US and Canada are targeting Haiti's long history of patronage between political parties and violent gangs.
Migrants crossing the Darién Gap between Colombia and Panama face extortion, rape, violence, and being forced to carry drugs.
A lack of regulation surrounding how crypto-currencies are used by organized crime has left Latin America dangerously exposed.
Authorities in the United States have sanctioned a Mexican criminal group for trafficking illicit fentanyl into the country.