How Peru is Tackling The Danger of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua
PERU
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6 DEC 2022
Peru is taking steps to tackle the threat of Venezuelan mega-gang Tren de Aragua, and have recently captured 30 members of the gang.
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BOLIVIA
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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.
BRAZIL
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25 NOV 2022
Failing prison systems and entrenched corruption mean mega-prisons holding tens of thousands won't solve insecurity in Latin America.
CHILE
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16 NOV 2022
The capture of Tren de Aragua members will test if Peru and Chile’s prisons can hold this dangerous gang.
BOLIVIA
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8 NOV 2022
The Amazon is one of the world’s most biodiverse regions, where wildlife trafficking threatens hundreds of thousands of species.
COCA
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27 SEP 2022
Increased coca cultivation in Peru provides the raw ingredient cocaine traffickers use when pushing into developing markets like Australia.
BOLIVIA
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2 SEP 2022
Peru coca prices are low. And that's leading to potential cocaine production in Bolivia.
CARTEL OF THE SUNS
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1 SEP 2022
InSight Crime charts the history of cocaine from agricultural extract to the basis of global criminal empires.
BRAZIL
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26 JUL 2022
Indigenous communities in Brazil are using drones to fight deforestation and the frequent assaults of loggers on their lands.
COCA
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11 JUL 2022
Following multiple killings, Indigenous leaders in the Peruvian Amazon are again facing threats of violence after coca eradication operations in their area, in a stark warning of the risks faced…
COCAINE
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5 JUL 2022
European-bound Peruvian cocaine is usually moved by foreign gangs. But now homegrown criminals are muscling in on the action.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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2 JUN 2022
While there are some efforts to build resilience, including the passing of new legislative frameworks and some other signs of political willingness to tackle the problem, there is still a…
ELITES AND CRIME
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2 JUN 2022
From unchecked agricultural development to wildlife trafficking, corruption greases the wheels of every environmental crime in the Peruvian Amazon.
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