Tren de Aragua - InSight Crime
Jul 12, 2024 · Tren de Aragua is Venezuela’s most powerful homegrown criminal actor and the only Venezuelan gang that has successfully projected its power abroad. It has grown from a …
How El Salvador’s Crackdown Succeeded Where Others Failed
Dec 6, 2023 · Sources: Emergency decree enacted by El Salvador legislative assembly, March 26 2022; El Salvador legislative assembly; confidential police intelligence reports; interviews with …
Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG) - InSight Crime
May 27, 2024 · The Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG) is a transnational criminal group that emerged from the Milenio Cartel following a series of …
Navigating Extreme Violence in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico - InSight …
Jan 9, 2024 · In Ciudad Juárez, many young people struggle to escape the grips of forced recruitment and organized crime-related violence. Some succeed.
2024 | THE GLOBAL SAFETY REPORT. The port city of Guayaquil acts as a critical export . hub for transporting cocaine to Europe. In 2023, no other region anywhere in the world — excluding
Historic Guilty Plea by Bank Shows US Money Laundering Focus
Oct 22, 2024 · For the first time, a US bank has admitted to helping criminal networks in Colombia launder hundreds of millions of dollars in dirty money, highlighting the fruits of a renewed push …
Sinaloa Cartel - InSight Crime
Mar 15, 2024 · The Sinaloa Cartel, considered the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in the Western Hemisphere, is a network of some of Mexico’s most important …
Maduro's Regime Fails to Eradicate ‘Pranato’ in Venezuela
Nov 14, 2024 · The intervention in yet another Venezuelan prison under criminal leaders’ control highlights the ongoing failure of President Nicolás Maduro’s regime to eliminate the country’s …
Q&A: The Rise of European Mafias in the Americas - InSight Crime
Nov 18, 2024 · The expansion of foreign criminal groups into Latin America has taken on a new dimension in the last decade, with European networks directly organizing drug shipments from …
Spain Reclaims Position as Cocaine Gateway to Europe - InSight …
Oct 30, 2024 · A record 13-ton seizure of cocaine in Spain in mid-October is more evidence that the country has returned as the main entry point into Europe for the drug after Belgium and the …