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Human Trafficking on the US-Mexico Border: Family Clans, Coyotes, or ‘Cartels’?

HUMAN RIGHTS / 30 AUG 2023

Human trafficking is one of the most complex and misunderstood criminal economies in the world. This is especially true along the US-Mexico border.

ELITES AND CRIME / 8 AUG 2023

Human trafficking has increased dramatically in Venezuela. The involvement of the country's security forces is key to this, experts say.

DISPLACEMENT / 4 JUL 2023

In this article, the Venezuela Organized Crime Observatory examines the policy intervention options for tackling the criminal exploitation of the Venezuela migration crisis. …

FEATURED / 30 JUN 2023

Sometimes the line between human smuggling and human trafficking can be blurred as coyotes take advantage of those they've promised to guide.

GULF CARTEL / 28 JUN 2023

US policy has exposed migrants to a greater risk of being killed, disappeared, and kidnapped in isolated stretches of the US-Mexico border.

GULF CARTEL / 28 JUN 2023

The journey thousands of migrants take to reach the US-Mexico border is filled with daily run-ins with corrupt officials and organized crime.

HUMAN SMUGGLING / 28 JUN 2023

US immigration policies have had numerous unintended consequences, including bolstering criminal organizations along the US-Mexico border.

EXTORTION / 18 MAY 2023

Despite the CJNG moving into Mexico's northern state of Tamaulipas, the Gulf Cartel remains the foremost security threat along the US border.

EXTORTION / 21 APR 2023

As organized crime increases in Venezuela, more people and businesses are falling victim to extortion carried out by opportunists.

GENDER AND CRIME / 31 MAR 2023

Migrants across Latin America, especially Venezuelans, can fall into traps laid by organized crime in a variety of ways.

ELN / 24 FEB 2023

A new report has highlighted that organized crime is profiting from the exploitation of millions of migrants from Venezuela.

GUATEMALA / 20 DEC 2022

Increased security on land borders is forcing more migrants to enter Mexico from Guatemala by sea, running the risk of drowning.

HAITI / 28 NOV 2022

Human smugglers are leaving Haitian migrants stranded on desert islands in the channel between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

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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…

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Human Rights Watch Draws on InSight Crime's Haiti Coverage

18 AUG 2023

Non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch relied on InSight Crime's coverage this week, citing six articles and one of our criminal profiles in its latest report on the humanitarian…