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Colombia's 'Total Peace' 1 Year On: Less State Violence, Stronger Criminal Groups

COLOMBIA / 24 AUG 2023

Colombia's President Petro announced his Total Peace plan 12 months ago. But how has his flagship policy played out?…

BRAZIL / 8 AUG 2023

Illegal mining is by far the most widespread and insidious environmental crime occurring in the Amazon’s tri-border regions.

COCAINE / 24 JUL 2023

Cocaine traffickers in Venezuela are exploiting a new route to the Caribbean Sea through the state of Monagas.

COLOMBIA / 18 JUL 2023

Kidnappings are rising across Colombia as the government prepares for a cease fire with the ELN, the country's largest remaining armed group.

ELITES AND CRIME / 12 JUL 2023

Venezuela's Presidents Chávez and Maduro, to secure long-term power, ensured the country's criminal groups would answer to them.

COLECTIVOS / 12 JUL 2023

President Maduro has proven highly resilient, weathering sanctions abroad and an economic crisis at home. His hybrid state creation helped him to do so.

ELITES AND CRIME / 12 JUL 2023

The FBL were a useful criminal ally to Maduro's regime in Venezuela. They were granted favors, political power, and impunity, before seeing a precipitous downfall.

COLECTIVOS / 6 JUL 2023

For the third consecutive time, Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro is seeking reelection in the elections that will take place at the end of 2024. If this election is like the…

ELN / 14 JUN 2023

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has repeatedly claimed that Tancol, a term for Colombian terrorist groups, are threatening the country. But there is no evidence they exist.

COLOMBIA / 13 JUN 2023

The United Nations has warned that armed groups are restricting humanitarian access to several regions of Colombia.

COLOMBIA / 6 JUN 2023

A new study has outlined how the ethnicity and socio-economic background of children are key factors in their forced recruitment in Colombia.

COLOMBIA / 19 MAY 2023

The ELN's talks with the government are not going smoothly. Continuing attacks and disagreements about ceasefires have kept Colombia's Total Peace on a knife-edge.

COLOMBIA / 2 MAY 2023

Colombia's security policy has made clear the country's intention to tackle the ELN. But to do so, it's relying on the help of Venezuela.

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InSight Crime Contributes Expertise Across the Board 

22 SEP 2023

This week InSight Crime investigators Sara García and María Fernanda Ramírez led a discussion of the challenges posed by Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s “Total Peace” plan within urban contexts. The…

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InSight Crime Cited in New Colombia Drug Policy Plan

15 SEP 2023

InSight Crime’s work on emerging coca cultivation in Honduras, Guatemala, and Venezuela was cited in the Colombian government’s…

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InSight Crime Discusses Honduran Women's Prison Investigation

8 SEP 2023

Investigators Victoria Dittmar and María Fernanda Ramírez discussed InSight Crime’s recent investigation of a massacre in Honduras’ only women’s prison in a Twitter Spaces event on…

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Human Trafficking Investigation Published in Leading Mexican Newspaper

1 SEP 2023

Leading Mexican media outlet El Universal featured our most recent investigation, “The Geography of Human Trafficking on the US-Mexico Border,” on the front page of its August 30…

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InSight Crime's Coverage of Ecuador Leads International Debate

25 AUG 2023

This week, Jeremy McDermott, co-director of InSight Crime, was interviewed by La Sexta, a Spanish television channel, about the situation of extreme violence and insecurity in Ecuador…