New Investigation

Tren de Aragua: From Prison Gang to Transnational Criminal Enterprise

Dear Subscriber, 

InSight Crime is pleased to announce the launch of our latest investigation, “Tren de Aragua: From Prison Gang to Transnational Criminal Enterprise” 

Over the past five years, Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua has used the Venezuela migration crisis to a build a transnational criminal network managed from the confines of the gang’s private fortress, Tocorón prison. It has established cells in Colombia, Chile, and Peru, and built up far reaching and sophisticated migrant smuggling and sex trafficking networks that span the length of South America.  

But after 11,000 soldiers and officials stormed Tocorón on September 20, what will become of Tren de Aragua's transnational criminal empire? 

We invite you to explore the full investigation, available on our website.

Regards, 

The InSight Crime Team 

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