InSight Crime
Monday, August 4, 2014 - 07:11
Aquí se produce la mitad de la mariguana sudamericana. Hay narcos presentes en elecciones, avionetas de cocaína boliviana en pistas clandestinas y atentados por denuncias de tráfico ilícito. Es Paraguay, segundo país productor de Cannabis detrás de México.
Friday, August 1, 2014 - 06:54
The authorities' failure to exert control in Complexo do Alemao comes amid growing criticism of the UPP program. One of the most serious complaints is that the initiative has been incomplete.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 06:24
The force expected to take to the streets in the coming days is expected to number no more than 5,000, composed both of transfers from the Federal Police and new recruits.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - 08:38
The lack of marine casualties between January and April 2014, however, raises questions about what the reported confrontations with criminal groups have involved, as such unbalanced figures can be indicative of killings rather than clashes
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - 06:33
The lack of marine casualties between January and April 2014, however, raises questions about what the reported confrontations with criminal groups have involved, as such unbalanced figures can be indicative of killings rather than clashes.
Thursday, July 24, 2014 - 07:22
One facet of Peruvian attempts to secure further US security assistance has been their efforts to link the Shining Path to the drug trade in order to secure anti-narcotics funding for counter-insurgency operations.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - 07:36
On June 23 prosecutors raided the house of former defense minister current Salvadoran Ambassador to Spain General Jose Atilio Benitez.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 07:23
Six former officials from Argentina's Secretariat for Programming for the Prevention of Drug Addiction and Fight Against Drug Trafficking (Sedronar), including former director Jose Ramon Granero, have been accused of facilitating the trafficking of ephedrine.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 06:43
Gunmen linked to cartels run impromptu checkpoints or hold up cars as part of their efforts to control territory. The criminals operate at night and even in broad daylight, sometimes in civilian clothes and sometimes in military garb.
Monday, July 21, 2014 - 07:16
When governments do not admit the scale of the problem, humanitarian actors have less space to intervene, leading many to focus on less politicized issues rather than directly targeting the violence.