Venezuelan Migrants Remain Easy Prey for Organized Crime
ELN
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24 FEB 2023
A new report has highlighted that organized crime is profiting from the exploitation of millions of migrants from Venezuela.
All About Human Smuggling
NEWS
GUATEMALA
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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
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28 NOV 2022
Human smugglers are leaving Haitian migrants stranded on desert islands in the channel between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
COCAINE
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17 NOV 2022
InSight Crime sat down with Suriname's President Chan Santokhi to discuss the multiple criminal challenges ahead for the country.
FEATURED
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5 OCT 2022
Along the US-Mexico border, a booming migrant smuggling industry is closely monitored by organized crime groups.
FENTANYL
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28 SEP 2022
Migrant encounters and seizures of the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl are often erroneously conflated and linked together.
FEATURED
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20 SEP 2022
Authorities in Arizona are sounding the alarm about the rising use of outsiders as drivers for human smuggling.
ARMS TRAFFICKING
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9 SEP 2022
Brazil's border town of Corumbá is a well-known smuggling route from Bolivia. This is unlikely to change soon.
BOLIVIA
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9 AUG 2022
Politicians are pushing for the Chilean government to declare a state of emergency in the northern regions including Tarapacá…
EXTRADITION
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8 AUG 2022
A US request has led Guatemala to dismantle a prolific human smuggling ring that smuggled migrants to the United States.
CARIBBEAN
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27 JUL 2022
Poorly equipped human smugglers have cost the lives of 17 Haitian migrants after their boat capsized near the Bahamas.
BOLIVIA
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25 JUL 2022
Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, has gradually become one of South America's main criminal threats, with Chile its latest target.
CARIBBEAN
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4 JUL 2022
On June 28, the Cuban Interior Ministry announced that at least two clashes between speedboat crews coming from the United States to pick up Cuban migrants and border patrols had…
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