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

The tri-border where Colombia, Brazil, and Venezuela meet has long served as a transit corridor for cocaine.

Challenges and Opportunities in Protecting Amazon Tri-Border Regions

Legal protections for the Amazon rainforest are complicated by different domestic laws and competing interests across countries.

Environmental Crimes Plague Amazon’s Tri-Border Regions

Deep in the vast jungle of the Amazon, critical primary forests are being razed to mine gold, grow coca, and harvest timber.

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

Illegal mining is by far the most widespread and insidious environmental crime occurring in the Amazon’s tri-border regions.

Beneath the Surface of Timber Trafficking on the Peru-Colombia-Brazil Border

In the Amazon’s tri-border areas, illegal logging is expanding, due to the low cost of land, and few controls on deforestation.

Latin America’s Criminal Bankers: Explaining Colombians' Monopoly on Gota-a-Gota  

Three cases in recent weeks highlight how Colombian groups continue to dominate loansharking schemes across Central and South America…

Shark Fin Trade Thriving in Latin America, Despite Promises of Progress

On paper, Latin American governments are fighting back against the shark fin trade. In reality, the massacre continues.

Fraud Groups Use Deepfakes to Enhance Imitation Scams in Peru 

Imitation scams using deepfakes are one of the ways that organized crime will seek to use machine learning to enhance their activities.

Peruvian Coca Continues Expansion as New Regions Gain Importance 

Coca has increasingly expanded into Peru's border regions, as well as into indigenous communities and protected nature areas.

‘Clan Farruku’ Arrests Highlight Albanians’ Latin America Cocaine Connections

Clan Farruku, an Albanian crime group, was recently dismantled in Ecuador after receiving over ten tons of cocaine from Latin America.

Brazil Gangs Behind Surging Violence on Colombia, Peru Tri-Border

In Leticia, a tri-border between Colombia, Brazil, and Peru, Brazilian gangs are pushing up violence as the battle for control.

Shining Path on the Offensive in Peru, Again

A dozen people are dead in Peru since February amid escalating violence involving the Shining Path guerrilla group.