Criminal networks battling over drug routes and markets have made the northeastern state of Ceará into one of Brazil's ...

InSight Crime's co-director Steven Dudley and managing editor Deborah Bonello discuss President Trump's latest directive, and why it fundamentally misunderstands the region's criminal landscape.

A recently appointed security official in the Trump administration once led a think tank that published false reports about ...

In Ciudad Juárez, an old criminal guard is being replaced by a new one amid a changing criminal economy on the US-Mexico ...

This is the story of alias “Fito,” one of Ecuador’s top crime bosses and the leader of the powerful criminal group, the Choneros.

Arms trafficking presents complex challenges to authorities around Latin America and the Caribbean, but combating these ...

Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater USA, is pitching his companies as solutions to insecurity and organized crime across Latin America.

The digital recruitment of children into criminal organizations throughout Latin America is booming, but government responses ...

InSight Crime investigator and project manager Victoria Dittmar provided expert analysis to the Texas Observer for an article that examined how US-Mexico border strategies often fall short in tackling ...

The US government’s new sanctions against Venezuela’s Cartel of the Suns incorrectly portray it as a hierarchical drug ...

InSight Crime investigator Parker Asmann provided expert analysis to several media outlets in Honduras following the release ...

Calls for tougher actions to halt cattle trafficking are growing amid concerns over the spread of the screwworm parasite in Mexico.