Haiti’s Anti-Gang Vigilantes May Pose Future Criminal Threat
Vigilantes in Haiti have killed around 100 people in an explosive response to the lack of progress against rampant organized crime.
Chile has passed new legislation to empower police forces to fight a rise in crime. But will this really make a difference?…
Police in Ceará, Brazil, have been detained for alleged connections to organized crime in alarming numbers.
In El Salvador, crackdowns have led to rapid improvements in security. But there is real doubt about whether gangs are gone for good or what Bukele’s real motives may have…
Haiti's security crisis is about to see another major evolution as gangs look to become the de facto authority in much of the country.
A long-touted police reform in Venezuela would likely have a limited impact on rampant corruption in the ranks.
Brazil's city of Rio de Janeiro is suffering a major security crisis, as gender and religion affect organized crime in the city.
Police in Guanajuato, Mexico, are accused of being in the pocket of the Jalisco Cartel. But do they have a choice?…
Under President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's highway police seems to have become a brutal instrument of death.
Ecuadorian gangs are taking another page from the playbook of crime groups in Mexico and Colombia, stepping up targeted killings of police officers in drug trafficking hotspots.
The Venezuelan police have stepped in amid a spate of violent crimes caused by gang members pretending to sell cars online. The offer: people can use police stations to finalize…
Criminal groups in Mexico are posting in public lists of police they plan to kill, and the message often comes with a macabre symbol -- a severed pig head.
Killings connected to a number of military police units in São Paulo fell to zero in June 2021 due to a simple innovation: body cameras.