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Weekly InSight  · April 17, 2020

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Coronavirus Affects Extortion Payments in Mexico and Central America

The measures in the fight against the coronavirus in Central America have caused two starkly different reactions ...READ MORE

How ‘Memo Fantasma’ Sold Property to Colombia VP’s Family Company

In October 2019, InSight Crime conducted a telephone interview with Álvaro Rincón, the husband of Vice President ...READ MORE

Port of Limón Has Become Costa Rica’s Drug Trafficking Epicenter

At daybreak on January 1, gunfire from a machine gun mounted on a car struck five men outside a church in Cieneguita ...READ MORE

3 Reasons Why US is Epicenter for Big Cat Breeding, Trading

Netflix’s “Tiger King” fixated our gaze on the outlandish antics of Exotic Joe, but if you squint your eyes in just the right way, you could catch a glimpse of why ...READ MORE

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“What this shows you is that even in these high-profile cases there are no guarantees for the security of a person that holds info that could compromise the political system in Honduras and are in jail. Landing in a Honduran jail represents a high-risk to her life and her safety,” said Hector Silva, a senior investigator at the think tank InSight Crime.



 
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VICE
APRIL 13, 2020

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Cybersecurity experts note that this is a prime time for career scammers around the world to monetize fear...“I think ‘perfect storm’ is the right term for it,” said Chris Dalby, managing editor for InSight Crime.






 


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TORONTO STAR
APRIL 16, 2020
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The Invisible Drug Lord: Hunting 'The Ghost'

This is the story of “Memo Fantasma” or “Will the Ghost,” who started life in the Medellín Cartel, funded the bloody rise of a paramilitary army, and today lives the high life in Madrid.
 
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