Illegal Mining

A Brazil police officer during the raid of an illegal sand extraction site

News Environmental Crime

Q&A: How Sand Trafficking in Brazil Became a Highly Lucrative Crime

by Chris Dalby 30 Oct 202330 Oct 2023

Venezuela’s Most Wanted Criminals

Venezuela’s Most Wanted List Notable for Its Absences

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 18 Oct 20233 Nov 2023

Explotación minera ilegal en Parque Nacional Yapacana, Amazonas, Venezuela

News Illegal Mining

Is Evacuation of 8,600 Venezuelan Miners Just Another Smokescreen?

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 23 Aug 202322 Nov 2023

South American leaders raise their hands after signing the Belém Declaration, which provides for the preservation of the Amazon.

News Environmental Crime

Amazon Protection Pact Falls Short on Tackling Organized Crime

by Gavin Voss 11 Aug 202313 Oct 2023

Stolen Amazon: The Roots of Environmental Crime in the Tri-Border Regions

Investigations Colombia

Expanding Drug Trafficking on Peru’s Borders With Colombia and Brazil

by Juan Diego Cárdenas and Seth Robbins 8 Aug 202313 Oct 2023

Investigations Colombia

Challenges and Opportunities in Protecting Amazon Tri-Border Regions

by Juan Diego Cárdenas, Maria Fernanda Ramirez and Seth Robbins 8 Aug 202313 Oct 2023

Investigations Colombia

Environmental Crimes Plague Amazon’s Tri-Border Regions

by Juan Diego Cárdenas 8 Aug 202313 Oct 2023

Investigations Colombia

Digging Into a Toxic Trade: Illegal Mining in Amazon Tri-Border Regions

by Juan Diego Cárdenas and Maria Fernanda Ramirez 8 Aug 202322 Nov 2023

Prisoners at the door of an overloaded jail cell in Brazil.

News

Firearms, Disappearances, Prison Overcrowding: Brazil’s Problems Are Getting Worse

by Chris Dalby 1 Aug 202313 Oct 2023

Investigations Venezuela

How Criminal Groups Helped Fill Venezuela’s Post-Chávez Void

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 12 Jul 202313 Oct 2023

Militares venezolanos patrullan un río en Venezuela

In Venezuela, Contraband Networks Supply Rampant Wildcat Mining

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 6 Jul 202313 Oct 2023

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