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This week, InSight Crime breaks down the indictments unsealed against one of Mexico’s most powerful drug trafficking groups, the Chapitos, explaining what this means for the cross-border fentanyl and meth trade ([link removed]) .

In other news, we analyze how a new Chilean law gives police greater leeway to use force against criminal suspects ([link removed]) , after a number of officers have been killed or injured in recent weeks.

We also look at Spain, where Europe’s largest-ever cocaine lab ([link removed]) was dismantled. While Mexican and Colombian nationals were arrested, cocaine production on the continent is likely still in its infancy. Spanish police also dismantled an Albanian criminal group ([link removed]) that imported cocaine from Latin America to Europe, highlighting the growing role of Albanian smugglers in the transatlantic drug business.

And in Ecuador, a massacre in the northern port city of Esmeraldas underlines the competition over cocaine trafficking routes ([link removed])
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** 5 Takeaways From US Indictments of Chapitos, Associates ([link removed])
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US prosecutors have taken aim at one of Mexico’s most powerful drug trafficking enterprises, the Chapitos, in a series of indictments that reveal the history of the group and the global evolution of the fentanyl trade.

In our Featured article this week, InSight Crime explores five major takeaways from the indictments.

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** Chile Hands New Powers to Police as Security Deteriorates ([link removed])
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Chile has given police greater leeway to use force against criminal suspects, but this hasty response...

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** Ecuador Gang Massacre Highlights Intensified Fight for Drug Routes ([link removed])
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A massacre in Ecuador's northern port city of Esmeraldas has underlined how competition...



Spanish Mega Lab Raises Questions About Cocaine Production in Europe ([link removed])
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Albanian Group, Clan Farruku, Controlled Cocaine Pipeline from Ecuador to Europe ([link removed])


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** InSight Crime Staff Cited as Experts by International Media
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This week, InSight Crime deputy editor, Juan Diego Posada, was interviewed by the Associated Press ([link removed]) about connections between the ex-FARC mafia ([link removed]) and Brazilian criminal groups, and how their activities on the Colombia-Brazil border may impact the Total Peace plan.
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Also this week, the Chilean media outlet Tele 13 ([link removed]) interviewed InSight Crime’s managing editor, Chris Dalby, about how rising insecurity in Chile fits into worsening violence across much of Latin America.

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Our analysis of Russia’s increasing role as a cocaine hub also garnered widespread interest, being republished by Business Insider ([link removed]) and Infobae ([link removed]) .

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Profiles of some of the notable criminal personalities and groups that have marked this week.

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** Iván Mordisco ([link removed])
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“Iván Mordisco,” is one of the most important FARC dissident commanders in Colombia..
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** Choneros ([link removed])
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The Choneros are one of Ecuador’s most prominent criminal groups, which first emerged in...


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"A comprehensive 2021 investigation by the think tank InSight Crime revealed that Colombian cocaine cartels had shifted their focus to Europe after losing control of American distribution to Mexican groups."

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