All About Haiti

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UN Pushes Anti-Gang Intervention in Haiti Despite Past Failures

HAITI / 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.

HAITI / 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 / 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 / MARCH 21, 2023

Haiti’s criminal landscape has been shaped by the country's longstanding political instability and economic challenges.

HAITI / 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 / 27 FEB 2023

Rural gangs are disrupting food production in Haiti, with attacks in rural areas sowing fear among local populations.

ELITES AND CRIME / 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 / 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 / 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 / 2 FEB 2023

Countries across Latin America continue to make stubbornly little progress in the fight against corruption.

ELITES AND CRIME / 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 / 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 / 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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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…