In underground bunkers, press conferences, and malls, law enforcement nabbed some major crime bosses in 2025. Here, the tales of their arrests ...

What comes next for Venezuela’s Cartel of the Suns? In this exclusive event, InSight Crime analyzes cocaine trafficking after Maduro.

Mexico's extradition request for several American citizens accused of smuggling stolen oil exposes an imbalance in the ...

The gang's days of playing Robin Hood to locals are over as it shifts its focus to the internaitonal cocaine trade.

Gang massacres in Mexico, Ecuador's hardline measures against drug violence, and legal action by victims of the US' missile ...

The fight against organized crime is now at the center of a trade war that has erupted between Colombia and Ecuador.

With AI moving into nearly all corners of life, criminal organizations and law enforcement are adopting new technologies to gain an edge.

The number of migrants traveling through Latin America to the United States plummeted in 2025 and sent organized crime groups scrambling to plug a multibillion-dollar hole in their profits. Between ...

Negotiating peace with the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN) lay at the heart of Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s election campaign and his Total Peace (Paz Total) ...

Even as the infamy of the Tren de Aragua grows in the Americas, its cohesion and organization are weakening. The assertion by the regime of Nicolás Maduro that Tren de Aragua has been wiped out in ...

Tren de Aragua has quickly become one of the most infamous crime groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. Governments across the region have deemed it a top security priority. The United States has ...

Gold trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean has never been more profitable. Prices of the precious metal surged over 40% in 2024 to reach a record high of over $3,000 per ounce in March 2025.