Caribbean

Caribbean Caribbean

Caribbean Profile

by InSight Crime 2 Nov 202314 Nov 2023

A protester holds up a machete as a symbol of self-defense against gangs, during a protest against insecurity in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

The Many Violences Afflicting Haitians

by Christopher Newton 25 Oct 202329 Nov 2023

Drug traffickers like Dudus Coke or Cesar Peralta made the Caribbean a cocaine hub.

A History of the Caribbean’s Most Powerful Drug Kingpins

by Douwe den Held and Gavin Voss 12 May 202313 Oct 2023

US Homeland Security Investigations displays a seizure of military style weapons on a table.

News

4 Takeaways From CARICOM Firearms Report

by Gavin Voss 4 May 202313 Oct 2023

Former presidential candidate Castillo smiles as he enters a courtroom for charges in the Dominican Republic's largest ever corruption investigation.

News Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic Corruption Investigation Inches Toward Ex-President

by Henry Shuldiner 23 Mar 202313 Oct 2023

Police stand outside Jamaican courts as members of the One Don gang are led inside.

Jamaica Success in Gang Case but Violence Continues

by Sean Doherty 10 Mar 202313 Oct 2023

Farmers work rice in the fields of Haiti's Artibonite department.

Haiti’s Rural Gangs Threaten Food Production as Hunger Crisis Looms

by Gavin Voss 27 Feb 202313 Oct 2023

InSight Crime’s 2022 Homicide Round-Up

by Peter Appleby, Chris Dalby, Sean Doherty, Scott Mistler-Ferguson and Henry Shuldiner 8 Feb 202319 Oct 2023

US dollars seized during a police raid in Ecuador.

News Money Laundering

From Worst to Best: Anti-Money Laundering Capabilities in Latin America

by Scott Mistler-Ferguson 7 Feb 202313 Oct 2023

A seizure of US guns bound for the Caribbean

Caribbean Nations Call for US Gun Crackdown as Murder Rates Soar

by Gavin Voss 24 Jan 202313 Oct 2023

A Jamaican soldiers stands, rifle in hand, close to the camera while on patrol in Kingston, Jamaica

What Lies Behind Jamaica’s Perpetual Loop of States of Emergency?

by Chris Dalby 8 Dec 202213 Oct 2023

Map of Ecuador, Colombia, Venzuela, Suriname, Guyana, and Bolivia with pictures of a Jaguar, Monkey, Turtle, and Bird

Investigations Environmental Crime

Wildlife Trafficking Preys on the Amazon Basin

by Juan Diego Cárdenas and Katie Jones 9 Nov 202213 Oct 2023

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