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Feuding guerrilla factions for control of Colombia’s coca-rich southern state of Putumayo continue to claim dozens of lives.
Wildlife traffickers in Mexico are taking advantage of the social media marketplace, placing some of Mexico’s endangered species in peril.
Ecuadorean prison authorities quietly released Dritan Rexhepi, Albania's most notorious cocaine trafficker, last year.
InSight Crime sat down with Suriname's President Chan Santokhi to discuss the multiple criminal challenges ahead for the country.
Hidalgo, Mexico faces a rise in violence connected to a parallel increase in oil theft.
Mexico’s two most powerful organized crime groups are reportedly sourcing precursor chemicals from the same suppliers to produce fentanyl.
The capture of Tren de Aragua members will test if Peru and Chile’s prisons can hold this dangerous gang.
Villa Española and Peñarol in Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo, have become the center of fighting between local drug trafficking gangs.
Many American users, perhaps the majority, now realize when they’re consuming illicit fentanyl. This has changed the way they look…
The Venezuelan government has placed and rogue mining gangs in its crosshairs, as the military is deployed in Bolívar.
Sanctions are turning the screw on Haiti's major gangs and leaders, who fuel constant violence in the country.
The threat of fentanyl in Mexico is growing, yet a lack of comprehensive data collection means the problem is unseen…