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


** Annual Series #GameChangers | insightcrime.org
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** CHAPTER 5
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** Networks Replace Cartels in Cocaine Trade
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In 2024, cocaine trafficking has reached unprecedented levels, with criminal organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean shifting from traditional hierarchies to resilient, modular networks that are harder to dismantle. This structure, marked by the increasing use of emissaries and encrypted communication, has allowed cocaine to flow steadily across the globe. From Latin America to Europe, groups like the PCC and the ‘Ndrangheta are driving the trade forward, adapting quickly to law enforcement pressure.

Read our latest analysis to explore the mechanisms behind these networks and how authorities can combat them.
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This is the fifth 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 ([link removed])

5 - Networks Replace Cartels in Cocaine Trade ([link removed])

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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