5 Takeaways From UN Global Report on Cocaine 2023
BRAZIL
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17 MAR 2023
A report on the global cocaine trade has revealed how cocaine purity is rising in Europe and how Africa is struggling to stop a flood of the drug.
All About Brazil
NEWS
BOLIVIA
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8 MAR 2023
InSight Crime reviews Latin America and the Caribbean's cocaine seizure date from 2022 to find out what it reveals about regional trafficking.
BRAZIL
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7 MAR 2023
Brazilian authorities are shutting down illegal gold mining on Indigenous lands, yet miners move elsewhere. Legislation aims to stop that.
BRAZIL
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14 FEB 2023
Police in Ceará, Brazil, have been detained for alleged connections to organized crime in alarming numbers.
ARGENTINA
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8 FEB 2023
InSight Crime's 2022 Homicide Round-Up covers more countries than ever before, with a major expansion into nations of the Caribbean.
BRAZIL
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7 FEB 2023
A new report points out how the success rate in fighting money laundering across Latin America varies widely from country to country.
BRAZIL
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1 FEB 2023
Brazil's president Lula is acting quickly to kick out illegal miners and loggers from the Amazon. But the right economic solutions are needed.
BRAZIL
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16 JAN 2023
Record seizures of cocaine in Portugal have raised fears Brazil's PCC may be getting increasingly involved.
BRAZIL
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4 JAN 2023
East and Southern Africa are receiving much larger cocaine shipments from South America than previously imagined.
BRAZIL
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2 DEC 2022
Illegal gold mining in the remote Ecuadorian province of Napo has grown at a staggering rate. Environmental crime has grown in parallel.
BRAZIL
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25 NOV 2022
Failing prison systems and entrenched corruption mean mega-prisons holding tens of thousands won't solve insecurity in Latin America.
BRAZIL
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23 NOV 2022
A lack of regulation surrounding how crypto-currencies are used by organized crime has left Latin America dangerously exposed.
BRAZIL
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8 NOV 2022
As gold prices have skyrocketed, a boom in mining across the Amazon Basin has flourished, leaving a deep environmental footprint.
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