In recent years, Ecuador has been engulfed in a wave of violence, and authorities struggle to trace the origins of many seized weapons.

Mexico’s criminal landscape may be on the brink of transformation due to the war between two Sinaloa Cartel factions, says a ...

In July 2024, storied Sinaloa Cartel boss Ismael Zambada García, alias “El Mayo,” and Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of the now-jailed former kingpin, Joaquín Guzmán alias “El Chapo,” were arrested in ...

En julio de 2024, el reconocido jefe del Cartel de Sinaloa, Ismael Zambada García, alias “El Mayo”, y Joaquín Guzmán López, hijo del exlíder hoy encarcelado Joaquín Guzmán, alias “El Chapo”, fueron ...

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En los últimos años, Ecuador ha estado sumergido en una profunda violencia asociada al crimen organizado, que ha sido alimentada por la falta de capacidad de las autoridades para identificar el origen ...

InSight Crime invites you to an exclusive event just for donors that will unpack how an unprecedented surge in cocaine production is reshaping the global drug trade. Drawing from the latest field ...

Víctor Zanabria, the commander-in-chief of Peru’s National Police, was accused of protecting informal miners when he was the ...

Despite record cocaine seizures in production and transit countries, huge quantities of the drug arrived in consumer markets ...