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Weekly InSight · January 31, 2020
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InSight Crime’s 2019 Homicide Round-Up ([link removed])

Unrest gripped much of Latin America and the Caribbean throughout 2019. From record violence in Mexico that recalled the darkest days of the drug war, to increased fighting among armed groups in Colombia ...READ MORE ([link removed])

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GameChangers 2019: 10 Predictions for Organized Crime in 2020 ([link removed])

The year was one of political tumult, fed considerably by organized crime and its favored weapon: corruption ...READ MORE ([link removed])

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Fentanyl Enters Heroin Supply in Tijuana, Mexico ([link removed])

Drug users in Tijuana are being unwittingly exposed to the deadly opioid fentanyl in a corridor where the drug is frequently smuggled ...READ MORE ([link removed])

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Uruguay Navy Officers in Worrying Link to Drug Trafficking ([link removed])

A network of navy officials accused of providing jet fuel for aircraft transporting drugs has revealed startling corruption within Uruguay’s security agencies ...READ MORE ([link removed])

* Tip of the Iceberg: Former El Salvador Presidential Candidate Accused of Negotiating with Gangs ([link removed])
* Deploying Soldiers and Tanks Hasn’t Helped Paraguay’s Prison Crisis ([link removed])

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An October 2019 report ([link removed]) published by InSight Crime, a foundation that investigates organized crime, noted problems that have accompanied coca cultivation in the region: “The vast increase in coca production has caused the population of the nearby San Pedro de Putina Punco district to rise from around 15,000 inhabitants to 40,000. The population boom has been accompanied by rising insecurity, including an increase of robberies and assaults.”


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MONGABAY ([link removed])
JANUARY 29, 2020
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InSight Crime has predicted ([link removed]) that political instability ([link removed]) , diminishing regional and international cooperation, and the increasingly transnational and interconnected nature of criminal syndicates will allow organised crime to prosper in South America over the coming year. Criminal activity will also drive climate change through pollution, deforestation and the destruction of animal species ([link removed]) .


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THE STRATEGIST ([link removed])
JANUARY 30, 2020
Colombian Observatory of Organized Crime ([link removed])

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InSight Crime has joined forces with the renowned National University of Rosario to launch the Colombian Observatory of Organized Crime - A platform focusing on criminal dynamics in post-conflict Colombia

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