Security Policy

The aftermath of Venezuela's mega-operations in the Cota 905 neighborhood of Caracas

News Security Policy

Brutal but Futile: Venezuela’s Anti-Gang ‘Mega-Operations’

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 2 Mar 202322 Nov 2023

Genaro García Luna, Mexico's former public security secretary

News Elites and Crime

García Luna Convicted, But Corruption Concerns Endure in US-Mexico Partnership

by Gavin Voss 22 Feb 202313 Oct 2023

After US Hearing on Fentanyl, Is It Time to Retire the Word ‘Cartel’?

by Steven Dudley 22 Feb 202313 Oct 2023

Cocaína incautada por la Fuerza Pública de Colombia durante el 2022

Record Cocaine Seizures in Colombia as Government Negotiates With Traffickers

by Juan Diego Posada 3 Feb 202313 Oct 2023

Fresh recruits for the Ecuadorean navy

Ecuador’s Navy Grappling With Mounting Evidence of Criminal Collusion

by Chris Dalby 26 Jan 202313 Oct 2023

A seizure of US guns bound for the Caribbean

Caribbean Nations Call for US Gun Crackdown as Murder Rates Soar

by Gavin Voss 24 Jan 202313 Oct 2023

Venezuela's police ready to roll out

Venezuela’s Police Reform Unlikely to Halt Corrupt Ties to Organized Crime

by Venezuela Investigative Unit 18 Jan 202313 Oct 2023

News

Trial of Mexico’s Former Top Cop May Shine Light on Weaknesses of US Drug War

by Parker Asmann 17 Jan 202313 Oct 2023

How Will Ovidio’s Arrest in Mexico Affect Sinaloa Cartel and the Fentanyl Trade?

by Chris Dalby 9 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

A Jamaican soldiers stands, rifle in hand, close to the camera while on patrol in Kingston, Jamaica

What Lies Behind Jamaica’s Perpetual Loop of States of Emergency?

by Chris Dalby 8 Dec 202213 Oct 2023

Soldiers arrive in the city of Sopayango in El Salvador as part of a crackdown on gangs.

News

True Cost of El Salvador’s War on Gangs Still Being Tallied

by Chris Dalby 6 Dec 202213 Oct 2023

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