A Nicaraguan court convicted 18 Mexicans, who posed as Televisa journalists while smuggling millions of dollars in cash, of money laundering and drug trafficking, but questions persist about the media…
Demand from Chinese buyers has contributed to the growth of an illicit trafficking network that is moving record amounts of granadillo wood out of Nicaragua, according to…
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has invited Colombia to collaborate on joint anti-trafficking sea patrols in parts of the Caribbean recently granted to the Central American nation.
The United Nation's highest court has ruled on a territorial dispute between Nicaragua and Colombia, giving more maritime territory in the Caribbean to Nicaragua, a decision which Colombian drug traffickers…
A group of Mexicans who are on trial in Nicaragua, accused of posing as Televisa journalists while smuggling millions of dollars in cash, may have in fact made several phone…
Colombia arrested seven alleged members of a transnational drug trafficking network, one of whom had links with the man suspected of ordering the hit that killed Argentine singer Facundo Cabral…
Nicaragua's plan to build five new prisons with money seized from alleged drug traffickers is an illustration of how governments can use confiscated goods to fight organized crime.
The intended target of last years attack that killed legendary Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral, Nicaraguan Henry Fariñas, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for drug trafficking and…
Henry Fariñas, the Nicaraguan nightclub owner who was the target of the attack that killed Argentine folk legend Facundo Cabral in July last year, has been convicted of drug trafficking…
In a joint operation, US and Colombian security forces seized a ton of cocaine from a fishing vessel manned by Nicaraguans, drawing attention to the Central American countrys growing role…
Controversy over the Nicaraguas appointment of an army general to head a new anti-money laundering unit reveals the difficulty of disentangling the fight against organized crime from politics in this…
A judge in Nicaragua announced that the 18 Mexican nationals arrested last month while posing as Televisa journalists and carrying over $9 million, will be put on trial for…
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