UN Pushes Anti-Gang Intervention in Haiti Despite Past Failures
HAITI
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7 JUL 2023
In response to extreme gang violence in Haiti, the UN has urged members to intercede. But past intervention efforts have been problematic.
All About Haiti
BRIEF
HAITI
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9 MAY 2023
Vigilantes in Haiti have killed around 100 people in an explosive response to the lack of progress against rampant organized crime.
CARIBBEAN
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4 MAY 2023
While blame directed at the US is well-founded, more complete data is needed on US firearms' dominance in the Caribbean.
HAITI
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13 MAR 2023
Gang leader Vitel’Homme Innocent has risen quickly in Haiti's criminal landscape. Now he's linked with the murder of former president Jovenel Moïse.
CARIBBEAN
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27 FEB 2023
Rural gangs are disrupting food production in Haiti, with attacks in rural areas sowing fear among local populations.
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.
ARGENTINA
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8 FEB 2023
InSight Crime's 2022 Homicide Round-Up covers more countries than ever before, with a major expansion into nations of the Caribbean.
BRAZIL
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7 FEB 2023
A new report points out how the success rate in fighting money laundering across Latin America varies widely from country to country.
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.
ARMS TRAFFICKING
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24 JAN 2023
As American-made guns continue to flood the Caribbean, heads of state are demanding that the US do more to stem the flow of weapons.
COLOMBIA
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22 DEC 2022
InSight Crime's GameChangers 2022 looks back at the most consequential criminal stories across Latin America this year.
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