Organized by: American University’s Center for Latin, American and Latino Studies (CLALS); Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina and InSight Crime
Supported by: Universidad del Salvador, Argentina
* This event will be entirely held in Spanish. * Live broadcasting in Spanish and English via Facebook and in Portuguese via Youtube
In recent years, the port of Antwerp in Belgium has been the main entry point for cocaine into Europe, and authorities are actively trying to change that fact ...READ MORE
Guatemalan authorities carried out raids at a shop selling illegally sourced artifacts, renewing focus on the country’s struggles to stamp out the remains of a once-flourishing black market ...READ MORE
According to InSight Crime, Venezuela was the most violent country in Latin America and the Caribbean (with a homicide rate of 60.3 per 100,000 inhabitants), followed by Jamaica (47.4) and Honduras (41.2). Chile (2.6) was the least violent, followed by Argentina (5).
The PCC escape highlights that organization’s expansion into Brazil’s neighbors (see this excellent interview in InSight Crime about the organization). Both the Sinaloa Cartel and MS-13 have organizations and leadership that move people and illicit products relatively easily across Central America’s borders.
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
