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

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

Despite record cocaine seizures in production and transit countries, huge quantities of the drug arrived in consumer markets in 2024. Across the board, cocaine production soared and traffickers ...

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

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 ...

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 United States called on other countries to share the financial burden in fighting criminal governance and lawless chaos in Haiti.

InSight Crime invites you to an exclusive event just for donors that will unpack how an unprecedented surge in cocaine production is reshaping the global drug trade. Drawing from the latest field ...

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 ...

Gold traders in Brazil must now prove that they get their metal from legal sources, following a recent Supreme Court ruling that closes a significant legal loophole exploited by organized crime. On ...