GameChangers 2022: Drug Bonanza Amid Prohibition Challenges in 2023
BOLIVIA /
29 DEC 2022
The US is losing allies in Latin America just as production of cocaine, fentanyl, and other synthetic drugs is going through the roof.
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COLOMBIA /
28 DEC 2022
Colombian President Gustavo Petro's Total Peace plan faces a very tough road ahead. Can over 20 criminal groups really all commit to peace?…
EX-FARC MAFIA /
27 DEC 2022
After a tough few years for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, 2022 was spent reinforcing his power in the political and criminal realms.
BARRIO 18 /
26 DEC 2022
El Salvador's ruthless gang crackdown has led to mass incarceration and human rights abuses. But will it be replicated elsewhere?…
CHAPITOS /
23 DEC 2022
The Chapitos are winning the internal war for the Sinaloa Cartel and doing it in a different way than their father ever considered.
COLOMBIA /
22 DEC 2022
InSight Crime's GameChangers 2022 looks back at the most consequential criminal stories across Latin America this year.
BRAZIL /
31 DEC 2021
Prediction of the criminal dynamics for 2022 is even harder than most years, as it involves predicting the march of coronavirus. Organized crime does not exist in a bubble.
EL SALVADOR /
30 DEC 2021
The United States, under the Biden administration, was supposed to help curb corruption, but for corrupt officials in Central America, life has rarely looked better.
ELITES AND CRIME /
29 DEC 2021
Jimmy Chérizier, alias "Barbecue," is a complicated individual. For some, he's a Robin-Hood figure. For others, he's a former police officer implicated in one of Haiti's worst massacres.
BRAZIL /
28 DEC 2021
There was record destruction of the Amazon in 2020, as the rainforest lost an area around the size of Belize, and the situation looks to be even bleaker in 2021.
ECUADOR /
24 DEC 2021
Ecuador's descent into violence followed a common path: more cocaine led to more cash and more weapons for the gangs. But it happened faster than anywhere else.
ARGENTINA /
23 DEC 2021
A spree of illegal fishing occurred across Latin America this past year, much of it driven by competition for diminishing catch.
COLOMBIA /
22 DEC 2021
Welcome to InSight Crime’s Criminal GameChangers 2021, where we highlight the most important trends in organized crime in the Americas over the course of the year.
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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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Europe Coverage Makes a Splash
20 JAN 2023
Last week, InSight Crime published an analysis of the role of Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport as an arrival hub for cocaine and methamphetamine from Mexico. The article was picked up by…
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World Looks to InSight Crime for Mexico Expertise
13 JAN 2023
Our coverage of the arrest of Chapitos’ co-founder Ovidio Guzmán López in Mexico has received worldwide attention.In the UK, outlets including The Independent and BBC…
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InSight Crime Shares Expertise with US State Department
16 DEC 2022
Last week, InSight Crime Co-founder Steven Dudley took part in the International Anti-Corruption Conference organized by the US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, & Labor and…
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Immediate Response to US-Mexico Marijuana Investigation
9 DEC 2022
InSight Crime’s investigation into how the legalization of marijuana in many US states has changed Mexico’s criminal dynamics made a splash this week appearing on the front page of…
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