Dominican Republic Corruption Investigation Inches Toward Ex-President
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.
All About Elites and Crime
NEWS
ELITES AND CRIME
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22 MAR 2023
The resignation of Venezuela's Oil Minister, Tareck El Aissami, after the arrest of a close ally may precede a sensational fall.
CRIMINAL MIGRATION
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1 MAR 2023
US authorities have made several arrests that could strike a big blow to the MS13’s Mexico Program.
ELITES AND CRIME
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23 FEB 2023
New arrests in the case of the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse suggest about whether access to state contracts were the motive.
COCAINE
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22 FEB 2023
The conviction of Genaro García Luna is a big victory for US law enforcement institutions. But problems remain in the US-Mexico partnership.
COSTA RICA
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2 FEB 2023
Countries across Latin America continue to make stubbornly little progress in the fight against corruption.
ELITES AND CRIME
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31 JAN 2023
Haiti's security crisis is about to see another major evolution as gangs look to become the de facto authority in much of the country.
ELITES AND CRIME
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JANUARY 18, 2023
The US trial of Genaro García Luna, the architect of Mexico's war on drugs, will seek to prove whether he was helping the Sinaloa Cartel.
BARRIO 18
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26 DEC 2022
El Salvador's ruthless gang crackdown has led to mass incarceration and human rights abuses. But will it be replicated elsewhere?…
CIACS
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12 DEC 2022
Guatemala's former President Otto Pérez Molina and former Vice President Roxana Baldetti were sentenced to 16 years in prison on December 7.
COCAINE
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9 DEC 2022
Panama has become a reliable drug trafficking logistics hub for cocaine shipments to Europe, as in the recent Super Cartel case.
ELITES AND CRIME
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8 DEC 2022
Pedro Castillo, Peru's fallen maverick president, faces charges depressingly similar to four of his predecessors.
COCAINE
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29 NOV 2022
Balkan drug trafficker, Edin Gačanin, is but the latest member of a so-called Super Cartel to be arrested in Dubai in recent months.
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Venezuela Coverage Continues to be Highlighted
3 MAR 2023
This week, InSight Crime co-director Jeremy McDermott was the featured guest on the Americas Quarterly podcast, where he provided an expert overview of the changing dynamics…
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Venezuela's Organized Crime Top 10 Attracts Attention
24 FEB 2023
Last week, InSight Crime published its ranking of Venezuela’s ten organized crime groups to accompany the launch of the Venezuela Organized Crime Observatory. Read…
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InSight Crime on El País Podcast
10 FEB 2023
This week, InSight Crime co-founder, Jeremy McDermott, was among experts featured in an El País podcast on the progress of Colombia’s nascent peace process.
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InSight Crime Interviewed by Associated Press
3 FEB 2023
This week, InSight Crime’s Co-director Jeremy McDermott was interviewed by the Associated Press on developments in Haiti as the country continues its prolonged collapse. McDermott’s words were republished around the world,…
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Escaping Barrio 18
27 JAN 2023
Last week, InSight Crime published an investigation charting the story of Desafío, a 28-year-old Barrio 18 gang member who is desperate to escape gang life. But there’s one problem: he’s…
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