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Costa Rica

Agentes de seguridad de Costa Rica levantan
Posted inNews Cocaine

Will Costa Rica Follow the Same Criminal Path as Ecuador?

by Peter Appleby 7 Nov 202413 Nov 2024
Posted inNews Human Trafficking

How Latin America’s Organ Trafficking Industry Preys on Migration

by Marley Markham 1 Aug 202421 Aug 2024
The Costa Rican Supreme Court building. El edificio de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Costa Rica
Posted inNews Judicial Reform

Costa Rica Considers Extradition to Counter Growing Judicial Corruption

by Christopher Newton 31 Jul 202431 Jul 2024
Posted inNews Mexico

InSight Crime’s 2023 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up

by Christopher Newton and Juliana Manjarrés 20 Mar 20247 Aug 2024
Costa Rican police frisk a civilian in the street. Policía en Costa Rica cachean a un ciudadano en la calle.
Posted inNews Security Policy

As Security Crisis Deepens, Costa Rica Struggles

by Sam Woolston and Beatriz Vicent Fernández 20 Feb 202420 Feb 2024
Posted inNews Homicides

Organized Crime Blamed for Half of Latin America’s Homicides

by Dario Migliorini 22 Dec 202322 Dec 2023
A photo of a person injecting fentanyl.
Posted inNews Mexico

Is the Fentanyl Market Expanding Across Latin America?

by Victoria Dittmar and Sara Garcia 13 Oct 202317 Oct 2023
Two masked policemen sit on either side of their spokesperson as they criticize the government's approach to the security and homicide crisis.
Posted inNews Costa Rica

Costa Rica Breaks Homicide Record Amid Security Coordination Struggles

by Gavin Voss 26 Sep 202313 Oct 2023
Thousands of children are separated from parents in prison, or have to spend part of their childhood behind bars as well.
Posted inQ&A Prisons

Q&A: Latin American Children With Parents in Prison Get No Support

by Chris Dalby 22 Jun 202326 Jul 2024
Authorities watch over a body in bodybag in Costa Rica, with a plaque in front of the body that read "OIJ 01 Cuerpo"
Posted inNews Costa Rica

Cocaine and Marijuana Fuel Ever-Higher Homicides in Costa Rica

by Henry Shuldiner 27 Apr 202313 Oct 2023
Posted inNews Cocaine

InSight Crime’s 2022 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up

by Sean Doherty and Douwe den Held 8 Mar 202323 Jul 2024
Members of the National Police of Peru are shown armed next to a creepy marijuana seizure
Posted inNews Marijuana

All of Colombia’s Marijuana Is ‘Creepy,’ Until It Isn’t

by Henry Shuldiner and Yago Rosado 13 Feb 20236 Feb 2024

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