Cocaine and Marijuana Fuel Ever-Higher Homicides in Costa Rica
COCAINE
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27 APR 2023
As homicides rise in Costa Rica, local drug trafficking groups vie for control of the cocaine trade, while others the local marijuana market.
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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.
COLOMBIA
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13 FEB 2023
Seizures of creepy marijuana from Colombia are popping around Latin America. But is the situation as creepy as it looks?…
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.
COSTA RICA
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2 FEB 2023
Countries across Latin America continue to make stubbornly little progress in the fight against corruption.
ARGENTINA
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12 SEP 2022
The consequences of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing are immediate and enormous across Latin America and the Caribbean.
COSTA RICA
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27 JUL 2022
The installation of a radar tower on Costa Rica’s Cocos Island heralded a new era for curbing illegal fishing in one of the world’s most biodiverse ocean regions.
ARGENTINA
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5 JUL 2022
Why did drug trafficking enjoy such a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic…
COSTA RICA
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27 JUN 2022
Two months ago, Conti, one of the most-feared cybercrime operations in the world, unleashed a blitz of raids against websites in Costa Rica and Peru.
COCAINE
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23 MAY 2022
Killings linked to drug trafficking disputes are soaring in Costa Rica’s Caribbean province of Limón, as surging cocaine flows and legacies of gang violence continue to undermine stability in one…
COSTA RICA
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3 MAY 2022
A cybercrime group that has threatened to release troves of stolen data from the Costa Rican government has now hit Peru's intelligence agency, showing how governments in the region continue…
COCAINE
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7 APR 2022
Following an accelerating trend in the region, self-described anti-establishment candidate, Rodrigo Chaves, won Costa Rica's runoff presidential election with nearly 53 percent of the vote on April 3rd.
CHINA AND CRIME
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5 APR 2022
The recent discovery of a copper smuggling ring in Costa Rica sheds light on how copper theft is gradually becoming increasingly sophisticated due to demand from Asia.
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InSight Crime's Chemical Precursor Report Continues to Be a Reference in the Region
19 MAY 2023
For the second week in a row, our investigation into the flow of precursor chemicals for the manufacture of synthetic drugs in Mexico has been cited by multiple regional media…
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InSight Crime’s Chemical Precursor Report Widely Cited
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12 MAY 2023
We are proud to see that our recently published investigation into the supply chain of chemical precursors feeding Mexico’s synthetic drug production has been warmly received.
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InSight Crime’s Paraguay Election Coverage Draws Attention
5 MAY 2023
InSight Crime looked at the various anti-organized crime policies proposed by the candidates in Paraguay’s presidential election, which was won on April 30 by Santiago Peña. Our pre-election coverage was cited…
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InSight Crime Cited in OAS, CARICOM Reports
28 APR 2023
This week, InSight Crime’s work was cited nine times in a new report by the Organization of American States (OAS) titled “The Impact of Organized Crime on Women,…
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InSight Crime Staff Cited as Experts by International Media
21 APR 2023
This week, InSight Crime deputy editor, Juan Diego Posada, was interviewed by the Associated Press about connections between the ex-FARC mafia and Brazilian criminal groups, and…
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