Persistent poverty and reduced international aid hinder progress, but organized crime is key in exacerbating the region’s ...

Despite record cocaine seizures in production and transit countries, huge quantities of the drug arrived in consumer markets ...

The Global Investigative Journalism Network noted InSight Crime’s use and coverage of artificial intelligence (AI) this week ...

Authorities in Michoacán, Mexico are using satellite technology against water theft by criminal groups exploiting a scarce ...

A report highlights how transnational criminal groups are driving violence in Chile and eroding public security in the north ...

The cyber world is constantly evolving, and criminal groups in Latin America are adapting their modus operandi to make the most of it. InSight Crime spoke to Antonio Nicaso, a professor at Queen’s ...

US authorities have recently linked Latin American gangs like Tren de Aragua to the sale of “pink cocaine,” or “tusi.” But the evidence suggests that tusi is more marketing than chemistry, raising ...

The imperfect peace established in February between Brazil’s two biggest criminal groups has become a failed truce after just two months, as local rivalries trump national orders. The PCC also ...

Corruption is a key component of the arms trafficking networks that funnel state-owned weapons into the hands of organized crime, according to a new report. Corrupt officials divert arms from security ...