InSight Crime
Friday, July 17, 2015 - 07:26
Official government statistics claim homicides in Honduras are dropping; raising the possibility the country may lose its ignominious position as murder capital of the world. However there is controversy over the official numbers.
Friday, July 17, 2015 - 07:15
Authorities in Brazil have seized assets and documents from top government officials in connection with the expanding Petrobras corruption investigation, adding more names to a list that already includes a number of the country’s political and economic elite.
Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 06:44
President Nicolas Maduro announced the creation of a new special forces unit meant to fight Colombian neo-paramilitary groups operating inside Venezuela, a move which comes off as political posturing.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 07:31
Angry mobs in Argentina have recently carried out a series of extrajudicial killings, pointing to widespread distrust in the country's official institutions, thanks in part to numerous reports of police corruption.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 07:14
An ammunition heist from an Air Force base in Uruguay points to corruption in the country’s security forces, and further indicates that the generally peaceful country serves as a prominent source of weapons for South America criminal groups.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 07:02
Prosecutors in Honduras have launched a scathing broadside against the state's inability to protect witnesses in criminal cases -- a key but often overlooked factor contributing to the sky-high impunity levels that have exacerbated the country's security crisis.
Monday, July 13, 2015 - 06:53
Revista Factum shows MS13’s history in Maryland via an exhaustive review of judicial documents and hours of interviews with police, defense lawyers, and ex-gang members in San Salvador.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 07:43
A top US State Department official said it would be an "intelligent" move for El Salvador and Honduras to consider establishing anti-impunity commissions, similar to the model that has been implemented in Guatemala.
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 07:29
A common refrain for one of the root causes of violence in Latin America is the wide gap between the rich and the poor. Yet homicides in the region have continued to rise even as income inequality has fallen significantly.
Thursday, July 9, 2015 - 06:30
The US is paying Colombia to train security forces in Central America, without tracking whether this is doing good or causing harm. It's time for authorities to start asking hard questions about what lessons Colombia's military is exporting abroad.