El Salvador has ended with its lowest murder rate in years. But though the government has taken credit for the drop, there are likely multiple factors at Read more. The year saw the end of a brief golden era when local and international forces came together Investigation and Analysis of Organized Crime.
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GameChangers Backwards to the Future. Welcome to InSight Crime's Criminal GameChangers , where we highlight the most important trends in organized crime in the Americas over the course of the year.
Twenty-nineteen was like one lo More Investigations Investigations. Colombia is at a crossroads. Several paths lay before it. One sees the ex-FARC mafia consigned to the dustbin of history in a short period of time. However, there are other, less appetizing scena After , under increasing pressure from security forces, the FARC moved much of their leadership, logistics and funding outside of Colombia, particularly to Venezuela. The same is true for the With Colombia now producing more cocaine than ever before, the rise of illegal mining, as well as widespread extortion, the ex-FARC mafia has all the resources it needs to rebuild itself into a n Barrio Azteca.
FARC in Venezuela.
