After Peralta, Dominican Republic's Cocaine Crackdown Targets Smaller Cities
COCAINE
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16 JUN 2023
After the arrest of César Peralta, the Dominican Republic has continued going after remaining cocaine trafficking networks.
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NEWS
CARIBBEAN
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4 MAY 2023
While blame directed at the US is well-founded, more complete data is needed on US firearms' dominance in the Caribbean.
CARIBBEAN
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23 MAR 2023
High-ranking officials from the former government of President Danilo Medina in the Dominican Republic continue to fall.
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.
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.
COLOMBIA
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22 DEC 2022
InSight Crime's GameChangers 2022 looks back at the most consequential criminal stories across Latin America this year.
BOLIVIA
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23 SEP 2022
As world leaders met for the United Nations General Assembly, Latin American presidents expressed various concerns about organized crime.
CARIBBEAN
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19 SEP 2022
Dominican officials have banned 12 Haitian gang leaders and one of its top politicians from entering the country.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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7 SEP 2022
President Luis Abinader has vowed to root out corruption in the Dominican Republic. But this is much easier said than done.
COCAINE
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7 SEP 2022
César Peralta, alias "El Abusador," became the most powerful and well-connected drug trafficker in the Dominican Republic.
COCAINE
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7 SEP 2022
The port of Caucedo, the Dominican Republic's main maritime entry point, is trying to fight back against a wave of cocaine.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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11 AUG 2022
A network which sexually trafficked Colombian and Venezuelan women to the Dominican Republic has been dismantled.
ARMS TRAFFICKING
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3 JUN 2022
Seizures of military-style assault weapons in the Dominican Republic are raising concerns that criminal groups are accessing powerful firearms smuggled from the United States and elsewhere.
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