This week, InSight Crime published the 2024 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up. Authorities seized record amounts of cocaine in production and transit countries last year, as cocaine demand continues to boom. The seizure data suggests that drug traffickers are switching their main routes to reach established consumer countries and have doubled down on efforts to conquer growing drug markets in Asia and Australia.
Also this week, Mexican criminal groups cash in on a scarcity of water in Michoacán; Tusi makes a splash in the United States; Brazil’s two largest gangs, the Red Command and the First Capital Command, end their short-lived truce; and a cybercrime expert explains how criminal groups are embracing new technologies to increase the resilience of their operations.
This and more below.
