InSight Crime
Monday, December 7, 2015 - 06:17
Authorities in Colombia have dismantled a network of illegal mining operators allegedly working for drug trafficking group the Urabeños, providing further evidence of how the country's criminal organizations are deepening their involvement in unregulated gold mining.
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 06:18
As world leaders congregate in Paris to discuss how to address global climate change, InSight Crime highlights five criminal industries that are causing enormous environmental degradation in Latin America.
Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 06:21
Honduras has experienced more massacres so far in 2015 than in all of last year, suggesting violence related to organized crime remains rampant despite a significant drop in the country's murder rate.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 06:58
Interviews with gang leaders in Honduras and El Salvador make clear that the MS13 street gang is transforming into a more sophisticated criminal organization -- one that is turning away from extortion and towards transnational drug trafficking as a way to bring in funds.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 06:31
Seizing upon what some are proclaiming as the "Central American Spring," outraged Hondurans are calling for the creation of an international body to put an immediate end to long-standing impunity for the country's political elite.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 - 06:08
The Salvadoran army has dismissed an increasing number of troops for suspected gang affiliation, indicating growing attempts by gangs to infiltrate the armed forces, or alternatively, a greater effort on the part of the military to identify potential infiltrators.
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 06:05
El Salvador's Supreme Court has charged the former director of the country's social security institute with illicit enrichment, highlighting the agency's deep-rooted susceptibility to corruption in Central America's Northern Triangle region.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 06:51
New revelations about the jailbreak of Mexico's most notorious drug lord, "El Chapo" Guzman suggest that his escape was facilitated by failings on the part of authorities that can only be explained by either incompetence or corruption at the highest levels.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 06:41
Argentina's newly elected president Mauricio Macri has pledged to implement tough anti-crime measures as soon as he assumes office, but he faces a tough task in reversing the country's slide into insecurity and the spread of organized crime.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 06:25
The U.S. has reportedly linked a number of candidates for Supreme Court nominations in Honduras to organized crime, another example of the degree of US involvement in aiding the country's security and justice sectors.