Venezuela's first major attack against the ELN is a rupture in the longstanding relationship between Chavista administrations ...

Beyond the stories that we know from news reports are the real lives of people and communities impacted by organized crime.

How Rasquiña built Ecuador’s criminal federation and how its collapse fueled the gang wars driving violence across the ...

How does cargo theft work on Central America’s main trade corridor? Managing Editor Deborah Bonello and journalist Owen ...

Cargo theft is a lucrative illicit business in Costa Rica that requires an advanced level of organization and planning.

Cargo theft gangs in Costa Rica use customs data, GPS jammers and fake police stops to hijack trucks. InSight Crime explains how these networks operate.

Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, Brazil’s 80-year-old president, completed a stunning turnaround to win a fourth presidential term, but with rising criminality and an opposition-controlled Congress, he ...

Haiti elections are currently non-existent, leaving a power vacuum that empowers criminal groups. We examine the current state of the country’s governance crisis. You Trust our Reporting, We Need Your ...

As criminal governance becomes entrenched, the question about Haiti’s return to democracy is not when but how. In a briefing on October 19, the United Nations’ top delegate to Haiti, Carlos Ruiz ...

One of Latin America’s most impoverished nations, Bolivia is the world’s third-largest producer of coca after Colombia and Peru and a key transit point for drugs. In addition to serving as an air ...

Ecuador’s militarized organized crime crackdown on gangs has failed to translate into a sustained reduction in violence. Three years in, President Daniel Noboa’s government is now making tentative ...