Peru

Aerial view of the port of Callao

News

How Important Is Peru’s Port of Callao for Cocaine Trade?

by Scott Mistler-Ferguson 12 Jan 202313 Oct 2023

News GameChangers

GameChangers 2022: Drug Bonanza Amid Prohibition Challenges in 2023

by Jeremy McDermott and Steven Dudley 29 Dec 202213 Oct 2023

Peru's former president Pedro Castillo faces all-too familiar criminal charges.

From Maverick to Crook: The Predictable Downfall of Peru’s Pedro Castillo

by Chris Dalby 8 Dec 202213 Oct 2023

El general Ulises Guillén explica un procedimiento de la policía en Perú

News Tren de Aragua

How Peru Is Tackling the Danger of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 6 Dec 202213 Oct 2023

Lake Titicaca: A Smuggler’s Paradise in Bolivia and Peru

by Scott Mistler-Ferguson 30 Nov 202213 Oct 2023

Police outside the Litoral prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador

Why Mega-Prisons Holding Tens of Thousands Won’t Make a Difference

by Raquel Ballestin 25 Nov 202213 Oct 2023

Peruvian police show two arrested members of the Gallegos, a gang associated to Tren de Aragua

News

Peru, Chile Prisons May Struggle to Contain Tren de Aragua

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 16 Nov 202213 Oct 2023

Map of Ecuador, Colombia, Venzuela, Suriname, Guyana, and Bolivia with pictures of a Jaguar, Monkey, Turtle, and Bird

Investigations Environmental Crime

Wildlife Trafficking Preys on the Amazon Basin

by Juan Diego Cárdenas and Katie Jones 9 Nov 202213 Oct 2023

Coca leaves are shown at the feed of a coca cultivator

How Peru’s Coca Production is Helping the Global Cocaine Boom

by Scott Mistler-Ferguson 27 Sep 202213 Oct 2023

A coca cultivator tends to their coca crop

Price Differences Keep Peru’s Coca Flowing Illegally Into Bolivia

by Scott Mistler-Ferguson 2 Sep 202213 Oct 2023

From Empires to World Wars – A History of the Global Cocaine Trade

by Douwe den Held, Alessandro Ford and Chris Dalby 1 Sep 202213 Oct 2023

An indigenous monitoring teams being trained by WWF

News Environmental Crime

Indigenous Communities Employing Drones to Monitor Amazon Deforestation

by Scott Mistler-Ferguson 26 Jul 202213 Oct 2023

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