This is the third installment of our annual Criminal GameChangers 2024 series.


** Annual Series #GameChangers | insightcrime.org
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** CHAPTER 3
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** Ecuador Finds Victory Elusive in ‘War on Gangs’
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Ecuador has been transformed from a poster child of a peaceful nation to the region’s most violent, serving as an example of how quickly countries can fall victim to the encroachment of organized crime. After recording a record number of homicides in 2023, Ecuador experienced a slight decline in killings in 2024.

Spoiler alert: The gang fragmentation that occurred throughout the year has set the scene for more violent conflict.
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This is the third installment of our annual Criminal GameChangers 2024 ([link removed]) series. Over the following weeks, we will publish essays providing our unique expert analysis of the most important dynamics of 2024, and our predictions of challenges ahead in 2025.


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** Forthcoming publications
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1 - Resistance to Organized Crime Withers ([link removed])

2 - Crime Cashes in on Migration Boom ([link removed])

3 - Ecuador Finds Victory Elusive in ‘War on Gangs’ ([link removed])

4 - Organized Crime Gets Political - Dec 30

5 - Networks Replace Cartels in Cocaine Trade - Jan 02

6 - Narco Money Scandals Reach the Apex of Political Power in the Americas - Jan 03

7 - Global Cocaine Networks and Trump 2 - Jan 06

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The InSight Crime Team
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