Concrete Cocaine: Ecuador's Pioneering Drug Destruction Method
With historic cocaine seizures happening across Latin America, how can governments safely and quickly get rid of the drugs they confiscate?…
Portugal has seized a blizzard of cocaine in recent months, underscoring the country's role as a major drug hub.
A new rule in the United States seeks to stem the flow of ghost guns, bought in parts online and assembled at home, to Latin America.
The installation of a radar tower on Costa Rica’s Cocos Island heralded a new era for curbing illegal fishing in one of the world’s most biodiverse ocean regions.
Everything from turtles, iguanas and parrots is trafficked through Cartagena, Colombia's illegal wildlife trade.
Peru has convicted a gang of shark fin traffickers for the first time in history but more is needed to make a dent in this prolific illegal industry. …
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…
In Costa Rica, the seizure of narco-assets presents more of an obstacle than a gift to authorities.
Faced with endemic timber theft and uneven government enforcement, logging companies in Chile have agreed to new guidelines meant to cut down on the sale of illegal wood.
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.
Colombia's hippos are a well-documented problem. Growing astonishingly fast in number, potentially devastating to the local ecosystem and perhaps lethal to humans, plenty of solutions have been proposed.
While Latin America is home to the trafficking of all manner of species, several foundations are working to save arguably its slowest-moving victims: the sloths.
Labor initiatives inside women´s prisons in Latin America aim to improve employment opportunities for female inmates, so as to reduce the rate of repeat offenses. However, beyond prison walls, they…