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COLOMBIA
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5 APR 2021
A sophisticated human trafficking network dismantled in Colombia, illustrates a pattern in how Venezuelan citizens, particularly women, are recruited.
ECUADOR
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5 APR 2021
Authorities in Ecuador have seized close to 200 baby tortoises native to the Galápagos Islands that are coveted in the…
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
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2 APR 2021
Following the arrest of a former Mexican mayor in Guatemala, US prosecutors unveiled an indictment against him and criminal rivals…
EL SALVADOR
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2 APR 2021
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has appointed a new security minister whose alleged ties to officials and political operators accused…
JAMAICA
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1 APR 2021
After recording the highest murder rate in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020, Jamaica is already seeing an uptick…
COCAINE
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31 MAR 2021
Military officials in Peru have announced the death of a top Shining Path commander more than five months after an…
CACHIROS
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31 MAR 2021
A judge in the United States sentenced the brother of Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández to life in prison for…
COVID AND CRIME
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30 MAR 2021
The seizure in Mexico of COVID-19 vaccine smuggled aboard a private plane linked to a Honduran textile magnate marks the…
COLOMBIA
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30 MAR 2021
A recent Venezuelan military operation in the state of Apure has once again exposed the complex relationship between the Venezuelan…
BRAZIL
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29 MAR 2021
Authorities in Brazil have seized thousands of live freshwater fish native to the country’s Amazon region that are commonly seen…
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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29 MAR 2021
Recent media reports have revealed that children from Haiti are being trafficked to the Dominican Republic in large numbers, with…
COCAINE
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26 MAR 2021
Authorities in Europe — already overwhelmed by a flood of cocaine arriving in cargo ships — now must face another…
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