Explore the year's most impactful criminal trends and what may lay ahead for security in the Americas in 2024


** Annual Series #GameChangers
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Dear Reader,

The last year has seen criminal groups turn political chaos to their advantage throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. InSight Crime’s investigators break down the year’s biggest stories from across the region.

In Colombia, President Gustavo Petro’s Total Peace plan has stalled in the face of a highly complex criminal landscape. In Ecuador, a presidential election took place as the country continued to soar up Latin America’s homicide rankings. Policies to protect the Amazon rainforest in Brazil and Colombia led to a decrease in deforestation this year, but criminal groups’ growing involvement in environmental crime will challenge future initiatives. And US efforts to build a common front against the fentanyl crisis have been met with a less-than-positive response in Mexico.

InSight Crime is pleased to announce the release of its annual end-of-year  Criminal GameChangers ([link removed]) . Over the next two weeks, we will be rolling out eight chapters, each one exploring a different dynamic, starting today, with our look back into 2023’s criminal landscape.

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1. Through the Looking Glass ([link removed])
2. Guatemala Election Upset Sparks Establishment Meltdown - Dec 27
3. US-Mexico Tensions Undermine the Fight Against Fentanyl - Dec 28
4. The Mistakes of “Total Peace” in Colombia Endanger its Success - Dec 29
5. A Win Against Deforestation in the Amazon, For Now - Jan 2
6. Top 5 Criminal Newsmakers of 2023 - Jan 3
7. Ecuador Loses Its Grip on Crime - Jan 4
8. The Cocaine Flash-to-Bang in 2024 - Jan 5

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Chapter 1 #LatAm #OrganizedCrime #Elites&Crime


** Through the Looking Glass ([link removed])
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The year 2023 was like staring through the looking glass, with Latin America and the Caribbean becoming even more surreal than usual. Start your reading of our 2023 GameChangers here, with a look back from InSight Crime’s cofounders and codirectors, Steven Dudley and Jeremy McDermott.
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Our GameChangers series is an authoritative look at the evolution of organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean. But that is just part of what we do. In 2023, InSight Crime published more in-depth investigations than in any other previous year. From the profound ways in which organized crime and migration are intertwined, to the role drug trafficking is playing in the destruction of an important Central American jungle, and the rapid advance of the synthetic drug trade, our researchers dived deep in a series of issues that have a direct impact on citizen security in the region.

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The InSight Crime Team
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