The recent involvement of Chile’s air force in protecting a drug shipment has sparked an unprecedented corruption scandal in ...

The regime of President Nicolás Maduro used recent municipal elections to consolidate its control over key criminal ...

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

Honduras is among the most dangerous places in the world to defend the land and natural resources. This report analyzes ...

An international manhunt is underway to capture a former state security chief for allegedly colluding with a Jalisco Cartel ...

Repeated and widely publicized government actions against illegal miners in Amazonas state have only deepened the trade's ...

An alleged cattle fraud in Uruguay underlines the financial damage these organized criminal networks can inflict.

Extortion is rising and contract killings are up, but Peru’s lawmakers are making matters worse with new laws, says a new ...

What we can learn from the war of words between Mexico’s president and the lawyer for Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

A trend of Ecuadorian criminal leaders turning up in neighboring Colombia underscores the country's role as both a refuge and ...

Mexico is relying on a militarized approach to public security while overlooking alternative models that show promise, ...

The K-drugs market keeps booming in Brazil despite alleged attempts by the First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) to ban it, and the nature of the K-drugs business means that the ...