Chile's Copper Industry Under Siege as Robbers Attack Ports and Trains
Chile's lucrative copper industry is beleaguered by daring attacks on trains carrying tons of copper through the desert.
Lake Titicaca serves as a crossroads for varied criminal economies, from cocaine shipments to trafficking the frogs that live along its banks.
The ELN plays a continuing role in facilitating large-scale cattle smuggling between Colombia and Venezuela.
A new report by Paraguay’s Congress has connected former president, Horacio Cartes, to a raft of crimes.
The re-opening of the Colombia-Venezuela border was a momentous occasion. But did it come too early?…
Brazil’s anti-contraband operations on the Paraguay border are upsetting Paraguayans and doing little to stop smuggling.
Former Paraguay president, Horacio Cartes, is accused of money laundering at home, with US authorities also on his tail.
Authorities in Paraguay and Brazil have recently stepped up activities targeting contraband flows through lake Itaipú, from where all manner of merchandise is smuggled, from drugs, arms and cigarettes to…
The Jalisco is allegedly powering the production of 12 percent of all Mexican-made illicit cigarettes, stepping up efforts across the value chain of an illegal economy now dominated by local…
A new report by Chilean think tank AthenaLab has laid bare Chile's ever-increasing spectrum of criminal threats, from copper theft and illegal fishing to cybercrime and weapons trafficking.
Cattle from Mexico and the Central American nations of Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua help feed the domestic beef markets of each of these countries. The processed byproducts of some of…
Ranchers from Mexico's eastern state of Veracruz know a way to buy cheap cattle: Drive to a remote part of the Chiapas-Guatemala border and purchase cows being brought illegally across…
The jungle region known as La Mosquitia in northeast Honduras has been an ideal corridor for international drug trafficking. However, another criminal economy has emerged at the same time: illegal…