Iceland broke its annual cocaine seizure record in the first half of 2025. Is an oversupply in Europe is spilling into other ...

The debate over the effectiveness of anti-money laundering policies in Argentina has intensified in recent years.

Punitive measures are unlikely to advance efforts to undercut the organized crime groups trafficking illicit fentanyl from ...

Theories abound around the attempted assassination of presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay — none supported by solid ...

In Ecuador, recent cases again highlight the criminal infiltration of the police and military, part of a long-standing ...

A new constitutional amendment allows the extradition of Costa Rican nationals for international drug trafficking and ...

InSight Crime reviews Latin America and the Caribbean’s cocaine seizure date from 2022 to find out what it reveals… Subscribe to our newsletter to receive a weekly digest of the latest organized crime ...

Ecuador’s war on gangs has been in the making for years. But it became official in January 2024, when President Daniel Noboa declared a state of internal armed conflict following a series of seemingly ...

The recent arrest of Albanian cocaine trafficker Dritan Gjika in the United Arab Emirates after more than a decade of ...

The crisis in Ecuador’s prisons has escaped the confines of the penitentiary system to sow violence, corruption, and chaos around the country. The political assassinations, terrorist-style attacks, ...

A border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana is turning violent after attacks on Guyanese security forces. Could the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro be using criminal gangs to provoke ...

Environmental defenders in Mexico are facing increasingly lethal attacks as organized crime deepens its role in land ...