InSight Crime Co-director Jeremy McDermott was interviewed by Germany's DW News about the role of the ELN in Colombia's drug ...

The first round of Chile’s presidential election was marked by divided opinions on how to address insecurity and organized ...

Margarita Island has long been a drug trafficking hub, but the US anti-drug strikes have transformed the island's criminal ...

InSight Crime maps the Latin American criminal groups designated as "foreign terrorist organizations" by the US.

As political shifts are aiding a change in criminal control, the Sinaloa Cartel has abandoned Zulia, Venezuela, where it ...

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At least 121,695 people were murdered in Latin America and the Caribbean during 2024, putting the median homicide rate at around 20.2 per 100,000 people, about the same rate as 2023. The already ...

El Cartel del Golfo fue una de las mayores organizaciones criminales de México pero ha decaído en los últimos años. The Gulf Cartel is one of Mexico’s oldest criminal groups. In its heyday, its boss, ...

InSight Crime investigator Victoria Dittmar spoke about the global supply chain of fentanyl and the growth of other synthetic ...

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Criminal actors in Mexico are becoming more professional, driving up murder rates each year Mexico is home to some of the hemisphere’s largest, most sophisticated, and most violent organized criminal ...

Drug traffickers have a problem exporting drugs from Venezuela. There are few commercial flights, little container shipping, no tourists and a collapsed fishing sector. But the Dominican Republic, ...