Jamaica Success in Gang Case but Violence Continues
CARIBBEAN
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10 MAR 2023
Jamaica has convicted an infamous gang leader using recently-amended legislation. But has the change in law reduced gang violence?…
All About Jamaica
NEWS
COCAINE
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23 JAN 2023
A string of large cocaine seizures in Jamaica suggests the island is becoming a central hub for trafficking to the United States and Europe.
CARIBBEAN
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8 DEC 2022
A broad state of emergency announced across Jamaica in order to rein in rising violence has met with scorn.
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.
ARGENTINA
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5 JUL 2022
Why did drug trafficking enjoy such a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic…
ARMS TRAFFICKING
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28 JUN 2022
In its latest bid to curb the flow of illegal firearms and ensuing violence, Jamaica has turned to the United Nations for help.
CARIBBEAN
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13 MAY 2022
Jamaica's government has signaled plans to incorporate some new tricks to raise the cost of engaging in lottery scamming, having thus far struggled to curb one of the island's top…
ARMS TRAFFICKING
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10 FEB 2022
Jamaica's country's prime minister has promised to stem the violence by clamping down on illegal firearms.
ARGENTINA
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1 FEB 2022
In 2021, most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean experienced a marked increase in murders. Resurgent violence was to be expected after some of the world’s strictest COVID-19 lockdowns…
CARIBBEAN
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16 NOV 2021
Rival factions, secret burial sites, homicidal bosses – the ongoing trial of dozens of members of the Klansman gang in Jamaica is shedding light on how criminal groups function on…
JAMAICA
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19 MAY 2021
Street lamps are being pilfered rapidly in Jamaica, hampering government efforts to illuminate crime-ridden areas.
JAMAICA
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1 APR 2021
After recording the highest murder rate in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020, Jamaica is already seeing an uptick in violence this year, with an average of more than…
CARIBBEAN
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9 MAR 2021
A new investigative report shows Ponzi and pyramid schemes have proliferated across Caribbean countries during the pandemic, and authorities have been unable to keep up.
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3 FEB 2023
This week, InSight Crime’s Co-director Jeremy McDermott was interviewed by the Associated Press on developments in Haiti as the country continues its prolonged collapse. McDermott’s words were republished around the world,…
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Escaping Barrio 18
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Last week, InSight Crime published an investigation charting the story of Desafío, a 28-year-old Barrio 18 gang member who is desperate to escape gang life. But there’s one problem: he’s…
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