Chile's Copper Industry Under Siege as Robbers Attack Ports and Trains
CHILE
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19 JAN 2023
Chile's lucrative copper industry is beleaguered by daring attacks on trains carrying tons of copper through the desert.
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BOLIVIA
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30 NOV 2022
Lake Titicaca serves as a crossroads for varied criminal economies, from cocaine shipments to trafficking the frogs that live along its banks.
COLOMBIA
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26 OCT 2022
The ELN plays a continuing role in facilitating large-scale cattle smuggling between Colombia and Venezuela.
CONTRABAND
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24 OCT 2022
A new report by Paraguay’s Congress has connected former president, Horacio Cartes, to a raft of crimes.
COLOMBIA
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21 OCT 2022
The re-opening of the Colombia-Venezuela border was a momentous occasion. But did it come too early?…
BRAZIL
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6 SEP 2022
Brazil’s anti-contraband operations on the Paraguay border are upsetting Paraguayans and doing little to stop smuggling.
BRAZIL
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28 JUL 2022
Former Paraguay president, Horacio Cartes, is accused of money laundering at home, with US authorities also on his tail.
BRAZIL
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8 JUL 2022
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…
CONTRABAND
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8 JUN 2022
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…
CHILE
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1 JUN 2022
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.
CONTRABAND
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18 MAY 2022
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…
CONTRABAND
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18 MAY 2022
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…
COCAINE
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18 MAY 2022
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…
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