Honduras Makes Few Advances Against Crime During 6-Month State of Exception
After six months, the state of exception in Honduras has failed to significantly reduce gang violence and extortion.
A new report has found that organized crime groups are overwhelmingly to blame for violence in Mexico, and the CJNG plays an oversized role.
Despite the CJNG moving into Mexico's northern state of Tamaulipas, the Gulf Cartel remains the foremost security threat along the US border.
As organized crime increases in Venezuela, more people and businesses are falling victim to extortion carried out by opportunists.
While thousands of gang members have been arrested in El Salvador, some may have moved their activities to Mexico.
The Carlos Capa gang is one of the oldest surviving criminal gangs in Valles del Tuy, south of Caracas in Venezuela.
Extortion in Latin America continues to bring in fortunes for criminal gangs. So how do they do it?…
Honduras declared a state of exception as extortion cases rise, suspending constitutional rights in cities and deploying thousands of troops.
Extortion in the Northern Triangle is predominantly done from prisons, yet prison populations have been on the rise.
Scammers in Mexico have yet again evolved their modus operandi by using express credit apps to extort users and drain their bank accounts.
Buying fresh chicken in the Mexican city of Chilpancingo proved almost impossible this week. Almost all the chicken vendors had closed after a number of their peers were threatened and…
For restauranteurs in Mexico's coastal state of Quintana Roo, daily extortion fees are unavoidable. Competing cartels lean on the industry as a bedrock for exploitative financing.
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…