InSight Crime's 2022 Homicide Round-Up
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.
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COLOMBIA
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28 DEC 2022
Colombian President Gustavo Petro's Total Peace plan faces a very tough road ahead. Can over 20 criminal groups really all commit to peace?…
BARRIO 18
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26 DEC 2022
El Salvador's ruthless gang crackdown has led to mass incarceration and human rights abuses. But will it be replicated elsewhere?…
ARGENTINA
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3 AUG 2022
Floodlights from Chinese fishing boats illuminate the darkness off Argentina’s Atlantic Coast, where the armada harvests tons of squid.
CHILE
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3 AUG 2022
Middlemen in Chile control sales of merluza, a white-fleshed fish for which there is a large appetite.
ECUADOR
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3 AUG 2022
Ecuador is a hotspot for landing massive amounts of shark catch, and the nation is among the world’s biggest exporters of shark fins.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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3 AUG 2022
Dozens of dead fishermen have been unloaded at Uruguay's Montevideo port. Vessels that dock there have been alleged to engage in abuse at sea.
COSTA RICA
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27 JUL 2022
The installation of a radar tower on Costa Rica’s Cocos Island heralded a new era for curbing illegal fishing in one of the world’s most biodiverse ocean regions.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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27 JUL 2022
Guyana claims some 42,800 square nautical miles of ocean. Enforcement capabilities extend to just a fraction of the country's waters.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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27 JUL 2022
Jamaican fishers, largely ungoverned, are taking what they can from the country’s waters, while foreign vessels poach lobster and conch.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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27 JUL 2022
When the Chinese fishing fleet was discovered near Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, its vessels were not all flagged to China. Some flew Panama’s flag.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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27 JUL 2022
A black market for fishing licenses is flourishing in Suriname. Fishers from Guyana rent them from boat owners for a few thousand dollars.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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2 JUN 2022
Peru – rich in biodiversity – is a hotspot for the wildlife trade. Reptiles, fish and birds are all trafficked locally and internationally.
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