This story of one Venezuelan woman shows how Latin American human trafficking networks are adapting new strategies.

InSight Crime and Universidad Iberoamericana hosted a conference on synthetic drugs and precursor chemicals in Mexico City.

US prosecutors charged an alleged heir of the Cartier family fortune for money laundering, highlighting the crime's growing ...

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José Raúl Mulino was elected Panama president on May 5. But what are the security concerns that the new president will face?

Gangs in Valle de Cauca are now employing massacres as a tactic of war, previously seen only with the country's major armed ...

The alleged involvement of a high-ranking police officer in cocaine smuggling threatens to undermine a drug trafficking trial ...

InSight Crime reporters traveled to Barcelona, Spain, to collect the prestigious Ortega and Gasset prize for our ...

This week, data from one of InSight Crime’s flagship products, the 2023 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up, was featured in a data ...

In 2023, Bolivia reached the highest level of deforestation in its history, with a primary forest loss of almost 500,000 ...

Cliver Alcalá, a member of a drug trafficking organization comprised of Venezuela's top politicians, has been sentenced in a ...

Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Bolivia is in the midst of a gold rush caused by ...