Lake Titicaca: A Smuggler's Paradise in Bolivia and Peru
BOLIVIA /
30 NOV 2022
Lake Titicaca serves as a crossroads for varied criminal economies, from cocaine shipments to trafficking the frogs that live along its banks.
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COLOMBIA /
24 NOV 2022
Migrants crossing the Darién Gap between Colombia and Panama face extortion, rape, violence, and being forced to carry drugs.
ARGENTINA /
15 SEP 2022
Human traffickers in Argentina are using legitimate business to continue their illicit activities and elude authorities.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC /
11 AUG 2022
A network which sexually trafficked Colombian and Venezuelan women to the Dominican Republic has been dismantled.
GUATEMALA /
10 AUG 2022
Authorities in Guatemala have dismantled several human trafficking networks in a series of coordinated operations, shedding light on…
EXTRADITION /
8 AUG 2022
A US request has led Guatemala to dismantle a prolific human smuggling ring that smuggled migrants to the United States.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING /
5 AUG 2022
Human trafficking appears on the rise in Mexico, with the government struggling to find a strategy forward.
BOLIVIA /
25 JUL 2022
Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, has gradually become one of South America's main criminal threats, with Chile its latest target.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING /
15 JUL 2022
A recent report has shed new light on how temporary work visa programs for migrant laborers can backfire.
CARIBBEAN /
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…
COLOMBIA /
1 JUL 2022
Colombian police uncovered a sex ring featuring underage migrants from Venezuela. Why does sex trafficking flourish in border areas?…
HUMAN TRAFFICKING /
21 JUN 2022
A motorcycle gang, known as the Motonetos, which draws its membership from Indigenous communities is terrorizing the Mexican state of Chiapas.
CARIBBEAN /
3 JUN 2022
Gangs in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince are rounding up homeless and at-risk teens, who are increasingly being used as foot soldiers in gang wars that have forced schools to…
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