GameChangers 2022: ‘Pink Cocaine,’ Cross-Border Battles, and the Frustrating Fight Against Mafia States
COLOMBIA /
22 DEC 2022
InSight Crime's GameChangers 2022 looks back at the most consequential criminal stories across Latin America this year.
All About Dominican Republic
NEWS
BOLIVIA /
23 SEP 2022
As world leaders met for the United Nations General Assembly, Latin American presidents expressed various concerns about organized crime.
CARIBBEAN /
19 SEP 2022
Dominican officials have banned 12 Haitian gang leaders and one of its top politicians from entering the country.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC /
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 /
7 SEP 2022
César Peralta, alias "El Abusador," became the most powerful and well-connected drug trafficker in the Dominican Republic.
COCAINE /
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 /
11 AUG 2022
A network which sexually trafficked Colombian and Venezuelan women to the Dominican Republic has been dismantled.
ARMS TRAFFICKING /
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.
CARIBBEAN /
9 MAR 2022
The Dominican Republic has dismantled a transnational cybercrime network believed to have defrauded hundreds of US citizens to the tune of more than $200 million, in just the latest example…
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC /
8 MAR 2022
Dominican President Luis Abinader claims that constructing a 164-kilometer barrier along its border with Haiti will stop irregular migration and smuggling – the same claims made in the past for…
CARIBBEAN /
18 FEB 2022
Dominican authorities recently intercepted a cocaine-laden speedboat destined for Puerto Rico – the latest in a series of maritime seizures showing a flourishing drug trade between the Dominican Republic and…
ARGENTINA /
1 FEB 2022
In 2021, most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean experienced a marked increase in murders. Resurgent violence was to be expected after some of the world’s strictest COVID-19 lockdowns…
CARIBBEAN /
13 SEP 2021
The dismantling of a drug trafficking and money laundering network implicating government officials in the Dominican Republic has presented a serious challenge to President Luis Abinader’s anti-corruption drive.
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