The looting of archaeological heritage and land trafficking in Peru is reaching alarming levels, and authorities lack the ...

InSight Crime continues to be a leading source of information and analysis on the presence of the Venezuelan gang Tren de ...

Done hoy para impulsar la investigación y el análisis sobre el crimen organizado en América Latina y el Caribe, desde el terreno.

Durán, a southern city just across a river from Guayaquil, has emerged as an epicenter of violence as Ecuador's security ...

Once a bustling commercial hub, Durán has become ground zero for Ecuador’s alarming surge in criminal violence. With a record-breaking homicide rate of 147 per 100,000 in 2023, this coastal city ...

The release of the former head of presidential security highlights Uruguay's struggles with criminal infiltration within its ...

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After the July 28 presidential elections, the Venezuelan government has carried out a massive wave of arrests and repression.

The murder of the head of Ecuador's largest men’s prison was the latest attempt by prison gangs to assert control in the penitentiary system.